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Vince Bzdek: Coloradans are fed up with the high price of cars
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Car buyers in Colorado – and America – are fed up. Cars are too damn expensive. The average price of a new car broke the $50,000 barrier last fall, according to Kelley Blue Book stats. The Wall Street Journal recently noted that the price of cars and trucks in the United States has increased 33%…
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell was a Colorado original | Vince Bzdek
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One day in 1982, Ben Nighthorse Campbell walked into a political caucus in Colorado to kill time after thunderstorms grounded his flight. He ended up volunteering to run for office that day and wound up serving two terms as a state legislator, three more in Congress and 12 years as a United States senator. Campbell,…
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‘The canary in the democracy mine is local journalism’ | Vince Bzdek
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Colorado could do a lot more to save newspapers – and democracy – in rural areas By Vince Bzdek As another new year and another legislative session dawn for Colorado, it’s a good time to ask what the absolute most important things are for our state to focus on in the coming year. Affordability is…
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Suddenly, Colorado has a private school choice program │ Vince Bzdek
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By Vince Bzdek When I was a kid going to St. John’s Catholic grade school in Denver, I remember asking my mom if she and dad minded paying taxes for public schools since all her kids attended Catholic ones. We don’t mind, she told me. It’s our choice to send you to St. John’s for…
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Clash of the titans: Democratic race for governor pits two candidates similar in focus, but very different in style | Vince Bzdek
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By Vince Bzdek The race for governor is shaping up to be a clash of Democratic titans, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser. They are two of Colorado’s highest profile politicians with deep track records who are remarkably similar in their visions for Colorado’s future, and their choice of our state’s…
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Income tax overhaul in Colorado clears first hurdle, as revised estimate puts tax hike at $4 billion
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A state panel on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a ballot measure that seeks to change Colorado’s flat rate of 4.41% to a graduated income tax, beginning in 2027, and raise billions dollars in new revenue. Now the proponents of the measure – which would appear on the 2026 ballot, assuming they gather sufficient signatures…
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Food banks in Denver area struggle to meet the need
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The line of people outside the Adams County Food Bank wrapped around the building as the clock ticked toward 10 a.m. Thursday. Some held grocery bags. Others sat on the ground. All wore the same saturnine expression. That sight has been common at a food bank that draws most of its clientele from surrounding cities,…
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Builders say state’s push fails to create more affordable housing
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What’s the secret sauce for making homes more affordable in Colorado? That’s the question that renters are asking when the median price of a home — now $550,000 — ranks Colorado as one of the least affordable places to live in the nation. Fourth or fifth from the bottom, according to some rankings. Colorado is…
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Thousands remember Charlie Kirk at Colorado State University vigil Thursday
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Thousands gathered into Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium Thursday evening to remember the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In the first official event hosted by Turning Point USA — the youth advocacy group Kirk founded — since Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last week, supporters, students, and free speech advocates littered a crowd dotted…
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Construction company announces Aurora headquarters, adding 1,700 jobs
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Colorado-born construction and building services company RK Industries will expand to Aurora, bringing more than 1,700 new jobs as its headquarters takes root in the city. Gov. Jared Polis, the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and the Aurora Economic Development Council announced the company’s expansion Wednesday.…
