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The socialization of Colorado’s auto market 0
- February 4, 2019
With the swipe of their pens, Governor John Hickenlooper started, and Governor Jared Polis is completing what is essentially the socialization of Colorado’s automobile market. Through two executive orders, the Governors have directed the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) to follow California’s emissions standard that includes mandating
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Becoming California won’t be cheap 0
- June 20, 2018
Another summer, another command from Hick on High. Breaking out his best Barack Obama rule-by-executive-fiat pen, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed the erroneously titled “Maintaining Progress on Clean Vehicles” executive order. Load up your Nissan Leaf, the 21st Century family truckster. It’s California or bust! Hick’s two-page executive order has more platitudes than substance and
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Colorado’s Supreme Court has once again weakened taxpayers’ rights 0
- May 1, 2018
Each anti-TABOR court decision has become precedent for further anti-TABOR decisions.
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Time to put our money where our heart is: NPS fee increase is necessary 0
- November 21, 2017
By Amy Cooke with contributor Tyson Thornburg My love affair with Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) has been personal and life-changing. Since the park’s creation in 1915, RMNP has been the premier example of Colorado’s natural beauty. Who could blame me or anyone else for treasuring it? It was the Bicentennial, summer 1976. From my 13-year-old
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Moving toward educational savings accounts in Colorado 0
- September 27, 2017
Since 2011, five states have adopted some form of ESA program. The idea is now emerging in Colorado. Put simply, ESAs are designed to give parents the flexibility to “tailor” their children’s education to their specific needs by directly providing them with a certain amount of money that can be spent on a wide variety of education-related goods and services — books, materials and non-public school tuition, to name a few.
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The Challenges of Opening a Charter School: Three Colorado Case Studies 0
- July 18, 2017
The steady expansion of charter schools in Colorado has introduced these autonomous public schools to communities across the state. Yet significant misunderstandings about charter schools, their purpose, and the nature of their existence remain. Outside of education policy circles, few are aware of the diversity of charter schools, the wide variety of student populations they
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