Tag: early childhood
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COVER STORY | Is Colorado’s government expansion sustainable?
Proponents of Colorado’s TABOR designed the constitutional amendment to curb government’s voracious appetite for more spending. But Colorado’s most recognizable tax law, which turns 30 this year, hasn’t stopped the state government from growing. Not even close. Consider this: lawmakers propose to spend $36.4 billion in the next fiscal year, an amount that funds 63,349…
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M. Michael Cooke to serve as interim chief of Early Childhood department
M. Michael Cooke, formerly executive director of the Department of Revenue and previous head of the Department of Regulatory Agencies under Gov. Bill Owens, will become the “transition” director for the Department of Early Childhood. Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday Cooke will serve in that role for about two years and focus on the “transition and change management associated with the…