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Aint Nobody Got Time For That
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Colorado Peak Politics
EMPTY THE ACCOUNT: In First Policy Speech, Gov. Jared Polis Promises to Spend All of Your Money
Now-Governor Jared Polis spent the 2018 campaign promising loads of “free” stuff for Coloradans. After watching his first State of the State speech at the Capitol yesterday, it appears he wasn’t kidding, save for the actual price tag that accompanies all of his “free” stuff. Polis, you’ll remember, enjoyed near-universal media immunity during last year’s […]Drones for Wildland firefighting?
In the fall of 2018, the Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CoE), along with wildland firefighters from the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) worked with Honda in testing their Autonomous Work Vehicle in wildland firefighting support scenarios. Located atLAWSUITS GALORE: AG Pledges to Bring Back Obamacare
Our esteemed new Attorney General Phil Weiser waited a hot minute before reasserting his office’s mission “to provide professional, ethical, and independent legal services to the State of Colorado and its citizens, to promote respect for law and access to the justice system, to ensure the fair and open exercise of government, and to protect […]WHO’S IN AND WHO’S OUT: Republican Hopefuls Line Up to Run for State Party Chair
The developing slate of possible GOP candidates for state party chair is as interesting for who is in it, as it is for who’s not. Congressman Ken Buck is proposing an innovative change to the way things are currently managed at the state party. If Buck wins, he will remain a Member of Congress and […]
Like the man himself, Jared Polis’s first-year agenda for
Colorado is ambitious. Fixes to a sputtering education system.
Addressing climate change. Lowering health care costs. Reforming
the tax code. On Thursday on the floor of the Colorado House of
Representatives, Polis outlined his goals in these and other areas
during the State of the State […]Federal workers in Denver protest shutdown: ‘Do your job so that we can do ours.’
Nathan Wiser, who monitors water quality for the Environmental
Protection Agency in Denver, has been unable to go to work for 20
days due to the partial government shutdown. So on Thursday
afternoon, he joined roughly 150 other federal workers in a rally
outside of the U.S. Custom House in Denver. Their message to the
[…]CRUEL AND CHAOTIC: Democratic Leader Slams Those Who Didn’t Vote for Her
Gov. Jared Polis gave a warm and fuzzy inaugural speech, appearing to set all at ease that our differences will not divide us. Said Polis: “Diversity makes our state healthier and more prosperous. We complement one another, learn from each other, make each other better, and in that work, we respect each other’s rights, sharing […]Payroll leak shatters Denver Schools claims on resources, budget
Denver Teachers’ Strike – Why Denver Can’t Pay Teachers In the days preceding a likely strike from the teachers in Denver Public Schools, a spreadsheet featuring payroll data leaked to Denver education activist Brandon Pryor has made rounds among school staff and community. That leakDenver has 1 administrator for every 7.5 instructional staff — far above the state average
Compared with the statewide average, the Denver school district
is top-heavy with administration. In the 2016-17 school year,
Denver had one administrator for every 7.5 instructional staff
members, a category that includes teachers, librarians, nurses, and
others. The statewide average was one administrator for every 11.3
instructional staff members. Those figures are based on a
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