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Enos: CHEC’s 2025 Homeschool Freedom Report exposes the good, the bad—and the ugly
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Enos: CHEC’s 2025 Homeschool Freedom Report exposes the good, the bad—and the ugly

By Colleen Enos | Commentary, Christian Home Educators of Colorado The CHEC 2025 Homeschool Freedom End-of-Session Report is now published and linked in this blog post. It is a sampling of twenty-eight bills from the legislative session — a total of 657 bills were introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate, with an additional 75 House and Senate Resolutions. This was a large volume of legislation for the 120-day annual session. The report is divided into six sections: Home Education, Education, Parental Rights, Life, Families/Healthcare, and Religious Liberty. Several bills could appear under more than one section, but they were placed under the most pertinent category. Also included is a Legislative Voting Grid for twenty-four of the bills,...
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Colorado families pay 19% more than the national average for groceries
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Colorado families pay 19% more than the national average for groceries

By Spencer Kristensen | Fox31 DENVER (KDVR) — It is a high priority for most U.S. residents and affects the likes of every person in the country, regardless of age — grocery prices. The issue is so pressing that politicians can single-handedly run a campaign on the hot topic. Groceries are essential to single people and families alike, and have a great impact on day-to-day living, and geography can play a large part in determining prices for local goods. Lending Tree, an online lending marketplace, performed a study on how much each state is spending on groceries per year. Lending Tree said researchers compared retail prices provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the weeks ending Jan. 26, 2024, and Jan. 31, 2025, for the 68 fruit and vegetable items that had pric...
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