Tag: Rachel Zenzinger
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Zenzinger, Kerr hold lead for Jeffco Commissioner seats
Jefferson County voters are poised to elect Democrats Rachel Zenzinger and incumbent Andy Kerr to represent them on the board of county commissioners. Up for grabs in Tuesday’s elections were seats in District 1 and District 2. Home to nearly 600,000 residents, Jefferson County covers more than 773 square miles and is the fourth-largest county…
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Jefferson County candidates offer views on budget, housing, metro districts
Candidates for the Jefferson County Board of Commission offered competing visions, at times clashing approaches to priorities and spending, during a debate on Thursday night. In District 1, which covers the northern part of the county and includes Arvada and Westminster, current commissioner and former state lawmaker Tracy Kraft-Tharp is vacating the seat. Last year,…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bills aimed at boosting Colorado affordable housing efforts
Gov. Jared Polis this week signed three bills related to affordable housing into law. These measures gained the sought-after support from local governments that had eluded the administration up until now. All three measures received bipartisan support, differentiating them from most affordable housing legislation that succeeded this year and failed in 2023. Senate Bill 174…
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Sen. Rachel Zenzinger’s final bill aims to boost Colorado’s higher education
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Education has been Sen. Rachel Zenzinger’s top priority since she took her seat in the state Senate over nine years ago. Wednesday is Zenzinger’s last legislative session day, as she is term limited. Zenzinger, D-Arvada, was first chosen to represent the 19th Senate district in…
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Colorado Senate approves rewritten construction defects bill, which faces uncertain future
Democrats battle over two different bills
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Colorado Democrats pick Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg as next Senate president
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senate Majority Leader Sen. Steve Fenberg of Boulder is poised to be the next Senate president after winning the support of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday. Fenberg’s selection means he will stand for the election by the entire Senate later this month. If he wins the…
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Interim school finance panel goes another year without formula fix, finds other improvements
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Let’s go back to 2017: that’s when the General Assembly passed House Bill 1340, which set up an interim committee charged with coming up with a new school finance funding formula. That committee has now met five years in a row, but over time the…
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Colorado Dems propose raising local property taxes to more equitably fund schools
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Property owners in some Colorado school districts would see gradual tax increases over the next two decades, ultimately generating hundreds of millions more each year for K-12 education, under a bill backed by Democrats in the state legislature. The bill is an effort to correct…