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Opting out
Senators again debated parental rights this morning. This version was less partisan but just as heated as the debate ignited by the conservative Parent's...
The Cycle of Poverty
The Colorado House debated a series of poverty-related bills on Monday. First, lawmakers passed a ban on using Electronic Benefit Cards...
Dr. Chaps gets results
Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt has been all over the headlines (and the subject of Mike Littwin's most recent column), for saying that the feticide...
Funding the felony DUI
With only $5 million in new spending available to each legislative chamber because of this year's expected TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of...
The budget looms
Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Arvada, has a bill, stuck in the appropriations committee, designed to fund a statewide, high-tech fire-and-flood-prediction system. It will...
Private education tax credit launches a flurry of education amendments
For years, Senate Republicans have been trying to pass a tax credit for private K-12...
Coming to a Colorado biz near you: Crowd investing
Back when marijuana was first becoming legal, the folks at the Securities and Exchange Commission noticed an...
When it comes to state revenue this year, there's good news and there's bad news, according to forecasts released on Wednesday by economists working...