Tag: Funding
Colorado’s rural schools dodge major funding cuts
The state’s smallest rural schools avoided funding cuts that would force either their closure or consolidation, under amendments adopted Monday by the state House
The School...
Tracking the money funding conservative school boards’ anti-union lawsuits
It’s not just Koch brother money funding the anti-union, pro-privatization takeover of school boards. In Colorado, mainstream community foundations are in on the game...
Colorado gets ‘F’ for effort in school fairness
We’ve all heard the adage about the “C” student -- “Well, at least she tried. “A” for effort.”
When it comes to fixing unfairness in...
Tunnel Vision: Doug Lamborn’s battle to ‘defeat tunnels’
Not wind farms. Not the National Renewable Energy Lab. Not health insurance. But, yes, tunnels. Colorado Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn is looking to double...
Planned Parenthood salutes Colorado Komen for leadership in funding policy flap
In the wake of news, breaking only an hour ago, that the renowned Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation would reverse its controversial decision to pull funds from Planned Parenthood, local Planned Parenthood representatives praised Colorado Komen affiliates for leading in what was clearly an internal Komen revolt against the decision, where local affiliates demanded national leaders put the mission to fight breast cancer and save women's lives over anti-abortion politics.
Lamborn aims to shoot down Big Bird, public broadcasting on wings...
Republican Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn Wednesday was already dancing on Big Bird’s grave in the wake of a National Public Radio scandal he hopes will gives wings to his bid to yank federal funding from public broadcasting.
Vail snubbed by DOE in bid to build biomass power plant
In the end, it may not be NIMBYism or environmentalist objections to producing power by burning trees that dooms Vail’s proposed biomass power plant....
Udall $50 million emergency fund bark beetle amendment fails
Sen. Mark Udall promised to keep battling for beetle kill funding Friday after his bid for $50 million in emergency funds for the Forest...
How reconciliation irons out the House and Senate health bills
Democratic leaders pushing health care reform this year like to argue that a vast majority of the proposals represent uncontroversial changes backed by most Capitol Hill lawmakers. And while that might be true, it hasn’t prevented some sharp disagreements between House and Senate Democrats over a handful of high-profile reform provisions.