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The Mix

News and analysis pulled from the rush

Douglas County family flees ‘Big Brother’ school reform

Debbie Gurley moved to Douglas County for its school system. Now, because of the school system, she’s moving out. She and her husband bought their...

Littwin: Trump overshadows the Sanders-Clinton feud

Democrats are freaking out, which sounds about right. They were freaking out at exactly this time eight years ago. You remember. Hillary Clinton was on...

What’s up with this messy GOP US Senate primary in Colorado?

  Talk to enough county GOP chairs across Colorado about the U.S. Senate primary, and themes emerge: Darryl Glenn is everywhere, things are quieter than...

Why Colorado’s education commissioner quit

Colorado’s Commissioner of Education announced Thursday he is quitting after just four months in the position. The job was more than Rich Crandall could...

Attorney Frank Azar strong arms $50k into Denver DA race

Story updated, 5/20/16 A mysterious $50,000 donation from a Texas holding company to a Democratic campaign committee has a surprising source: Franklin Azar, a personal...

Ex-Denver Post editor was briefly a candidate for The New York Times public editor...

Wins and losses for open government this legislative session: Mostly losses. Mostly meh. For an end-of-session wrap up on the topic of transparency, let's go to the guy who...

Should Colorado court documents be free on public library computers?

Name the one place in Colorado where someone who isn’t a lawyer can look at digital images of civil court documents on file anywhere in the state.

Wiretap: Bernie Sanders won’t back down

Hanging on The New York Times is reporting that Bernie Sanders and his campaign are unworried about the prospect of hurting Hillary Clinton's chances in...

Anti-fracking activists: Give us back local control

Hundreds of activists and families from across Colorado gathered in Thornton Saturday to protest hydraulic fracturing near schools and neighborhoods. Braving gray skies and frigid temperatures, demonstrators used...

Tax Foundation: Colorado’s pot taxes + TABOR = headaches and a holiday

  A new study by the Washington, D.C. Tax Foundation think tank found, among other things, that Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment — or...
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