Tag: jeff bridges
How Colorado is trying to address transportation needs for people in...
One summer night, after his first year of college in 2012, Sandra Sharp’s son Drew grew increasingly anxious. He began having delusions of grandeur...
Polis pitches preschool expansion, insists Colorado can afford it
Surrounded by parents of preschoolers, early childhood teachers, and school district officials, Gov. Jared Polis didn’t have to make the case for universal preschool....
Putting numbers to a new school finance formula could prove challenging
A group of Colorado lawmakers spent Monday afternoon plugging numbers into a proposed new school finance formula, squinting at a projection of a computer...
Bail, jail reforms promise relief for Colorado’s poorest
Colorado took a first step this week toward reforming a cash bail system that burdens the state’s poorest defendants.
House Bill 1225, which eliminates cash...
Full-day kindergarten for Colorado gains Senate OK, nears governor’s desk
Universal full-day kindergarten in Colorado is on its way to becoming reality after initial Senate approval Thursday.
After a final Senate vote Friday and House approval...
Strange bedfellows unite behind Colorado bill to shorten jail stays Backers...
It’s probably not often that the bail industry, Charles Koch and progressive criminal justice reformers agree.
But all three are backing a bill that would...
Vacancy committee elects Meg Froelich in Colorado House District 3 Froelich...
The mad shuffling of political seats in Arapahoe County is finally over.
Inside the Englewood Civic Center on Monday night, a Democratic Party vacancy committee...
Jeff Bridges goes from Colorado House to Senate, Daniel Kagan blasts...
Jeff Bridges will move from the Colorado House to the Senate, thanks to overwhelming support from a Democratic Party vacancy committee that selected him...
Secretive lobbying group heads to Denver next week. Here’s what you...
Updated to add statement from Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver.
As a powerful organization backed by some of the nation's wealthiest conservative families prepares to...
Colorado just banned ‘free speech zones’ on campus. Here’s what that...
Maybe you went to a candidate rally on a Colorado university campus this campaign season and spotted a sign with an arrow directing you...