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Denver Police Sgt. Brian Conover speaks with Dorian Phillips on Nov. 14, 2018, during a police sweep of a homeless encampment in Five Points. (Photo by Alex Burness for The Colorado Independent)

Guest Post: We can do better by repealing Denver’s camping ban

Public Policy Andy McNulty -
After hearings this week, a Denver County Court judge will decide whether the city's camping ban is unconstitutional. But what the evidence presented has...

School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s District 5 race

Public Policy Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado -
In a part of Denver that has experienced rapid changes, voters face a choice that could shift long-standing education policies and practices in the...

School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s at-large race

Public Policy Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Three former Denver students are running for an at-large seat on a school board that will help shape how the Denver school district approaches...
Mt. Sneffels Range. Mt. Sneffels Wilderness covers 16,587 acres on the Uncompahgre National Forest near the communities of Telluride, Ridgway and Ouray in Colorado. The proposed CORE Act will preserve about 400,000 acres of public lands in Colorado, including the Mt. Sneffels range. (Photo by Jacob Torrey via Flickr: Creative Commons)

U.S. House to vote on Colorado public lands preservation

Public Policy Allison Winter, States Newsroom -
WASHINGTON —The full U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation next week that could shape the future of public lands in...

What Proposition CC would mean for Colorado schools

Public Policy Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Colorado voters face a decision this November that could send millions of additional dollars to the state’s schools in good economic times — or...
Potential buyers try out guns displayed on an exhibitor's table at an expo in 2016. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Has impeachment quashed gun control prospects? House Republicans say impeachment inquiry has sidelined potential...

Public Policy Robin Bravender -
WASHINGTON — Gun control policy, not impeachment, was supposed to dominate the discourse on Capitol Hill this fall.  In early August — just two months...
Photo by Alan Petersime/Chalkbeat

State Board raises standards, making it harder for Colorado schools to earn a top...

Public Policy Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Hundreds of Colorado schools are likely to lose their top rating under changes approved by the State Board of Education Thursday, and those that...

Denver school board race: See how much money outside groups, candidates have spent

Public Policy Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Welcome back to Chalkbeat’s campaign finance tracker. We’ll track how much each of the nine Denver school board candidates has raised and spent in the runup...

Research: What Colorado needs to do to preserve the modern public record

Public Policy Jeffrey Roberts, CFOIC Executive Director -
When state Sen. John Cooke asked for email communications of the top official for the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission last fall, the agency’s...
Machinery sits idle in May at the Van 4 mine, the subject of a July court decision ruling that it must be shut down and cleaned up. (Photo by Mark Olalde/Center for Public Integrity)

While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo Instead of paying to...

Public Policy Mark Olalde and Joe Yerardi -
This investigation was produced in collaboration with High Country News, The Center for Public Integrity and the Ohio Valley ReSource. The sound of metal banging against metal broke the...
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