Tag: Rachel Zenzinger
The coronavirus crippled Colorado’s state budget. Here’s what you should know....
A new economic forecast by the nonpartisan Legislative Council estimates Colorado faces a $3.3 billion budget shortfall this coming fiscal year, a historic drop...
In the annual Colorado budget tug-of-war, lawmakers are finding Gov. Polis...
Gov. Jared Polis stood before cameras and a packed House chamber last week to deliver his State of the State address. He began by...
With loan forgiveness and stipends, Colorado lawmakers hope to lure teachers...
The downside of living in Campo is that it’s 70 miles to Walmart and 20 miles to the nearest grocery store. The upside is...
Where’s Leroy Garcia? Supporters of Colorado’s Senate president tout his hands-off...
When one of your first jobs involves collecting several dead bodies every day for six months in the 110-degree heat of an Iraqi war...
‘Tough trade-offs’ ahead as Democrats draft state budget Gov. Jared Polis...
Gov. Jared Polis stood in the Greenlee Elementary School library to announce that free, all-day kindergarten — his No. 1 campaign promise — was...
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold takes aim at ‘massive secret...
Those seeking to limit the influence of money in Colorado politics can only do so much.
Reformers would love to limit campaign expenditures, for example,...
Colorado lawmakers who questioned governor Tuesday keep quiet Wednesday
Gov. Jared Polis released his first draft budget this week, and some lawmakers were quick to question what was in it — and what...
What Jared Polis asked for (and left out) in his $33.7B...
Jared Polis campaigned on bringing universal, full-day kindergarten to Colorado. Two days after being sworn in as governor, he said in his State of...
Senate Dems back transportation bill that lets voters decide how they...
After a scramble on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, lawmakers reached an agreement on a top priority transportation funding bill.
Prior to the...
Jeffco board votes to close one elementary school in budget cuts,...
Facing fierce community opposition, Jeffco Public Schools significantly scaled back a plan to slash the district budget, with the school board voting to close...