House passes budget; Senate passes recall election reform and voter fraud legislation
Notes from the 80th day of the 2014 legislative session
House approves foreclosure prevention, vaccine ed; Senate tackles mugshots, CORA fees
Notes from the 76th day of the 2014 session.
Opting Out
It’s that time of year when tens of thousands of Colorado school kids are sharpening their No. 2 pencils, rolling up their sleeves and...
Wiretap: Ruining kids with coddling and thanking Fred Phelps for the ugliness
What would seem paranoid in the 70s -- like walking third-graders to school, forbidding your kid to play ball in the street, going down the slide with your child in your lap -- is routine now.
Fisticuffs over fraud bill while nicotine restriction and guns for charter school cops garner...
Notes from the first day of spring, AKA the 72nd day of the 2014 legislative session.
State’s fiscal forecast is up; movement on expanding train transit and rural energy; House...
Notes from the 70th day of the Colorado legislative session.
Wiretap: Peter Lanza doesn’t know why his son shot up the school
"Peter Lanza came to these conversations as much to ask questions as to answer them. It’s strange to live in a state of sustained incomprehension about what has become the most important fact about you."
The Oprah Effect
The Colorado General Assembly seems to want to hand out tax credits the way Oprah hands out cars. One big difference, though, is that Oprah's spending her own money while tax credits spend everyone’s money.
Wiretap: Paul Ryan will cure poverty with his binder
Paul Ryan is back with his hammock theory on poverty -- that the war on poverty is lost and the big government programs make everyone poorer.
No pot or tanning for the youngfolk; full four-year degrees from CSU online
Notes on the Colorado General Assembly's February 25, 2014 activities