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Where are they now? A progress report on Colorado education bills

Sandra Fish for Chalkbeat Colorado -
Colorado’s General Assembly is just about at the halfway mark, but most major education legislation is still under consideration. And the biggest issue – how...
"Measles," by Dave Haygarth, via Flickr: Creative Commons

Littwin: Polis gets full-day kindergarten but does nothing to protect kids from measles crisis

Mike Littwin -
Thanks to Jared Polis and the state legislature, Colorado finally has statewide full-day kindergarten, which would be something to celebrate as the legislative session...
"Homeless," by Parc Cruz, via Flickr: Creative Commons

Guest Post: Fear of homeless people underlies opposition to I-300

Sarah Turnbach -
Denver Initiative 300, which would end the city's ban on overnight camping in public spaces, has provoked important conversations about governance of and access...
A whiteboard inside the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver on Feb. 8, 2019. (Photo by John Herrick)

Capitol review: Lawmakers chipped away at opioid epidemic with 6 bills Heroin and fentanyl...

John Herrick -
Editor’s note: The Indy is publishing a series of short stories reviewing the 2019 legislative session in Colorado. Here, we focus on opioids. We also wrote...

Littwin: We are thankful for heroes, but we must ask why any hero must...

Mike Littwin -
I hate to admit this, but I take too little comfort in the heroics of Kendrick Castillo, who took down one of the STEM...
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) speaks during a mark-up hearing before its members voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not providing an un-redacted copy of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's report in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill May 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

U.S. House committee votes to hold Trump AG Barr in contempt Colorado's Rep. Joe...

Robin Bravender -
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the war between the...

Capitol Review: Lawmakers expanded voter access, took aim at dark money

Alex Burness -
Editor’s note: The Indy is publishing a series of stories reviewing the 2019 legislative session in Colorado. Here, we focus on voting and elections....
"Algebra," by Jess Pohlman, via Flickr: Creative Commons

To better serve black students, Denver will help a community group develop its school

Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado -
The Denver school board has taken a vote that could signal a new era of collaboration in a district with a history of tense...

No longer every teacher, every year: Union-backed bill would change Colorado teacher evaluation law

Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado -
Most Colorado educators would no longer receive a full, formal review every year, and student academic growth would carry less weight in those evaluations...

Disability-rights advocate Carrie Ann Lucas, 1971-2019, a “bad-ass” to the end Friends, family honor...

Tina Griego -
In the wake of disability-rights advocate Carrie Ann Lucas’s death on Sunday, state lawmakers offer a moment of silence in her honor. Those who...
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