university of colorado at colorado springs

Lack of civility is undermining our political culture

Jan 16, 2018

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Sara Hagedorn

The start of a new year – a time to reflect on past decisions and actions and make resolutions to do better in the new year. After a month of holiday festivities, we return to our work with renewed vigor. As a political scientist, part of my work involves reading political news on a regular…
Teacher shortage study draws ideas from across Colorado

Aug 8, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Is paying teachers more the best way to solve the statewide shortage? Maybe a compelling marketing campaign would help attract would-be teachers. What about providing college scholarships to high school students interested in the career? Perhaps it would be best to have a more flexible system that allows people to work as part-time educators while…
Democrat Stephany Rose Spaulding bucks odds in bid for Colorado’s CD-5

Jul 3, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Colorado Springs isn’t the most fertile ground for a Democrat to launch a bid for Congress; the Springs-centered 5th Congressional District has voted overwhelmingly Republican since its creation in 1972. It is no more likely to go blue than Boulder-based CD-2 is likely to turn red. The odds get even steeper if the Democrat mounting…
CU Regent Kyle Hybl backs Colorado Springs Republican Chance Hill as his successor

Apr 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

CU Regent Kyle Hybl has “wholeheartedly” endorsed Colorado Springs Republican Chance Hill for next year’s election for the 5th Congressional District regent’s seat the term-limited Hybl holds, Hill’s campaign announced this week. Hill, an attorney and former CIA officer and Navy veteran, is the only declared candidate for the seat, one of three regents’ seats…
Former spy, El Paso County attorney announces bid for 5th District CU regent seat

Mar 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Springs Republican Chance Hill announced this week he’s seeking the GOP nomination to represent the 5th Congressional District on the University of Colorado Board of Regents in next year’s election. Hill, 38, a former CIA officer and Navy veteran, practices employment and labor law at Sherman & Howard. He says he’ll be running on…
Camacho at 19 leading Otero County Republicans

Feb 13, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Remember this name: Devin Camacho. He was elected chairman of the Otero County Republican Party last week. He is 19 years old. “Devin has an amazing future ahead of him, and it pleases me to see the diversity in leadership within the GOP,” said state Rep. Clarice Navarro, who picked Camacho to manage her re-election…
A history lesson: Joe McCarthy and communism in America

Nov 23, 2016

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

“I have here in my hand a list of names,” Joe McCarthy is famously quoted as saying in the 1950s. The senator from Wisconsin is well storied in the history books as the public face symbolizing fears of communist subversion in the U.S. during the Cold War and leading charges that Soviet espionage was widespread…
CU enrollment up at all four campuses this year

Sep 9, 2016

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Associated Press

Preliminary figures from the University of Colorado show the school’s Boulder campus has set a new record for freshman enrollment. The Daily Camera reports the number of freshman on the campus this fall is 6,435, an increase of 3.7 percent from the same time last year. The numbers, which also revealed increases in overall enrollment at each of…
Hickenlooper signs bill creating national cybersecurity center in Colorado Springs

May 21, 2016

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Michael McGrady The Center Square

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation on the steps of the El Pomar Center Friday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. At a bill signing ceremony crowded with state legislators and other high-ranking officials, he jotted his signature to an act establishing Colorado’s formal push to become a national leader in cybersecurity. House Bill 16-1453…