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Superintendent complains about โ€˜privileged White peopleโ€™ during school training session

A Colorado schools superintendent has had enough of certain White people.

Tony Byrd,ย superintendentย of theย Summit School Districtย in Frisco, complained at a January professional development session about the โ€œprivileged White peopleโ€ who sit on the local School Accountability Committee and District Accountability Committee.

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Colorado businesses starting to feel good about the economy again, report shows

For two years, state business leaders reported feeling pessimistic about the direction of Colorado’s economy.

It started when inflation was high. And to tame it, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates making it more costly to borrow money for business loans or mortgages.

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District assemblies open Friday at two locations in Pueblo, prior to Saturday’s State Assembly

The candidates which will appear on Republican Party primary ballots will be selected Friday, April 5, through a collection of delegate assemblies at two locations in advance of the state assembly on Saturday, all in Pueblo.

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Colorado Democrats say property tax relief is coming. Thereโ€™s no money in the state budget to pay for it.

With just a month left in the stateโ€™s legislative session, top Colorado lawmakers still havenโ€™t come out with a plan to deliverย promised property tax reliefย โ€”ย but they insist one is coming.

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Likely voters hold pessimistic view toward state’s future, government in poll entering election year

A large swath of voters may be concerned with the direction of the state and with items ranging from tax burden to cost of living and education, painting a pessimistic picture in an election year, a poll conducted in late 2023 finds.

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Rep. Anthony Hartsook’s massage trafficking bill advances in House committee hearing

A bill by Rep. Anthony Hartsook, R-Parker, which would add certain criminal background investigation requirements of massage facilities in an effort to curb human trafficking, advanced Tuesday in the Colorado House.

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