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More Colorado Springs-area students are homeschooling than before the COVID-19 pandemic

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By O’Dell Isaac [email protected] COVID-19 turned living rooms into classrooms and parents into de facto teachers across the U.S. for more than a year. But now that the worst days of the pandemic appear to be well in the rearview mirror, a growing number of parents have decided to continue educating their children at home. […]

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Plotting Blodgett: Breaking down plan for beloved, expanded open space in Colorado Springs

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By Seth Boster [email protected] One recent evening, in an auditorium of almost 100 northwest Colorado Springs neighbors worried or excited about the future of Blodgett Open Space, a presentation ended with a woman rising from her seat. She had a question for the audience. “How many would like Blodgett to stay a nature preserve?” She

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30th anniversary of school choice in Colorado: Here’s how it works

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By Savannah Eller [email protected] This year is the 30th anniversary of school choice, a state law that gives parents the freedom to send their children to any public school in Colorado free of charge. With an abundance of districts to choose from in the Colorado Springs area, the decision can be difficult to make for

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Failed Liberalism: A city of 710,000 struggles to cope with 40,000 indigent migrants

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By the Lobby Denver, a city with a population of just over 710,000, has found itself at the forefront of the migrant crisis, with nearly 40,000 indigent migrants arriving in the past year. This makes Denver the top destination per capita for newly arrived migrants crossing the U.S. southern border and traveling north in buses

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EDITORIAL: Cracking down on Denver’s car theft

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By The Gazette editorial board Kudos to Mayor Mike Johnston and Police Chief Ron Thomas for developing what they tout as a new “comprehensive strategy for fighting auto thefts” in the city. The strategy, according to a press statement from the mayor’s office last week, will expand existing efforts and “ensure that Denver’s auto theft

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PERSPECTIVE: Colorado has fallen behind in economic growth

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By Loren Furman The 2024 state legislative session is underway, which means that over the coming weeks and months, we’ll hear from our elected lawmakers about the proposals they have to move our state forward. While we have different ideas of what policies are best for the state, we want Colorado to be successful. At

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COLUMN: Jared Polis has been all talk on tax cuts | Jimmy Sengenberger

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By Jimmy Sengenberger Gov. Jared Polis has long pledged fealty to lower income taxes, a position he reiterated in his recent State of the State address. “I know some Democrats in the past have been skeptical of reducing our income tax rate,” Polis said, “but cutting the income tax rate is the most effective way

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Griswold wants a law banning certain Republicans from running for office

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SOURCE: COLORADO PEAK POLITICS When Secretary of State Jena Griswold claims to be all about protecting Democracy and free and fair elections, what she means is, controlling who is even allowed to run for office. For example, the only requirements to be governor in Colorado are U.S. citizenship, state residency for at least two years,

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Colorado House Republicans pick Ty Winter as assistant leader

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By Marissa Ventrelli, Colorado Politics House Republicans on Friday picked Rep. Ty Winter of Trinidad as the new assistant minority leader. His election was uncontested. The caucus picked Winter to replace Rep. Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs, who was promoted to serve as the House minority leader earlier this week. Pugliese was elected via secret

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Secretary of State Griswold faces backlash for regulation push

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SOURCE: THELOBBY-CO.COM Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has recently announced a series of proposed bills for the upcoming legislative session, claiming that her top priority is to protect Colorado voters. Griswold’s main target this session appears to be AI, as she expressed her intention to hold accountable anyone attempting to defraud Coloradans or the

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