Author: By JOEY BUNCH [email protected]
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INSIGHTS | Colorado teeters at the edge of reason
This isn’t just about one school where they did a boneheaded thing with all kinds of consequences. This is about getting ourselves together, Colorado. When it comes to being reasonable, we’re fraying at the edges. Bonehead Middle School is just one example. On Aug. 27 Isaiah Elliott and a classmate were horsing around during their…
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Legislature steers $20 million into 12 state parks
Gov. Jared Polis and a contingency of state officials gathered at the marina at Cherry Creek State Park on Sunday morning to hail new legislation to steer $20 million from the state operating budget to state parks next year. The windfall is expected to accelerate development of Fishers Peak State Park, so declared by Polis…
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INSIGHTS | In a state that gets voting right, Colorado politicos see plenty to fix
There was a notable pause during a legislative committee hearing I was listening to on Tuesday afternoon. You don’t get many of those under the gold dome of cynicism at Colfax and Lincoln. The instance of golden silence came 51 minutes into a 71-minute hearing aimed at the stamping out what was billed as the…
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INSIGHTS | Vaccine rollout is the latest, greatest Colorado flop
I do my best to report stories through the eyes of others. Sometimes, when I’m lucky, I get to see them with my own. I suppose it’s not news at this point that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been a confusing, chaotic work in progress. The one unbendable fact is that federal, state and county…
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Colorado Farm Bureau sets up blizzard portal for farmers, ranchers
The Colorado Farm Bureau on Thursday said it’s preparing for the coming blizzard by setting up a way to field requests for help from the state’s farmers and ranchers. The web portal for non-emergency help is available by clicking here. “We are going to work to help local and state officials understand the immediate needs…
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INSIGHTS | Civics teachers are our best chance to save the world
The Washington Post had a story in January I’ve had in my head since: Civics teachers are our best and maybe our only chance to get this country back on track. This month a group called Educating for American Democracy released a report on making civics education a higher priority. We’ve put ourselves behind the 8-ball…
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Common Sense report: Colorado premiums beat Washington without a public option
As Colorado lawmakers move closer to a public option insurance program, the Denver-based Common Sense Institute keeps finding apt comparison in Washington state. Colorado has seen larger reductions on a percentage basis in the Affordable Care Act’s average benchmark premiums than the Evergreen State. Washington became the first state to establish a public option two…
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INSIGHTS | It’s harvest time for KC Becker’s legislative fruit
KC Becker has to be feeling good about the Colorado she’s helped create these days. You might or might not feel the same way. Nobody, though, can say the former House speaker from Boulder hasn’t delivered on what she went to Denver to do, when she was elected to the legislature in 2012. Colorado is…