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DPS Memo Outlines Implications of Recent DPS Board Policy Change

May 1, 2022 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne, editor / Politics, Schools/Education / No Comments

There are ten innovation Northeast Denver schools: Swigert, Willow, Inspire, Isabella Bird, Ashley, Montclair School, Denver Discovery, Denver Green School-Northfield, McAuliffe International, and Northfield High School.

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New Legislative Session Poses Big Financial Issues for Lawmakers

January 1, 2022 / Todd Engdahl / Politics, State Issues / No Comments

Colorado lawmakers will have billions of extra dollars to spend during the 2022 legislative session—and after that most of it will be gone.

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Battles Over Election Laws

November 1, 2021 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne / Politics / No Comments

Since 2020—a year that saw a once-in-lifetime pandemic and a contested presidential election—nearly all states have introduced or passed election legislation. Politicians and advocates on the left claim new laws are a way to further suppress already disenfranchised communities of color while politicians and advocates on the right claim increased scrutiny is needed to restore faith in an election system that became upended, inviting voter and election fraud.

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2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION: Here’s What Happened

July 1, 2021 / Todd Engdahl / Politics / No Comments

The 2021 legislative session saw majority Democrats push through significant legislation on transportation funding, health care and firearms safety, plus consumer protection, criminal justice, early childhood care and education, elections, environmental protection, social equity and economic security.

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State Budget and School Funding Recover Quickly from Pandemic

June 1, 2021 / Todd Engdahl / Politics, State Issues / No Comments

The Colorado Legislature, usually in session from January until May, started late and may run until June 12, the last day it can be in session this year. The Front Porch will have a wrap-up of bills passed this year in the July issue.

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Stopping Youth Gun Violence

May 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / Community Issues, Community Organization, National Issues, Politics, Public Safety, State Issues / No Comments

Just three weeks after a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers store left 10 people dead, Governor Jared Polis signed two bills into law designed to reduce gun violence: one mandates the safe storage of weapons, the other requires owners to report lost or stolen guns.

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Child Tax Credit Is a Reality; Bennet’s Work Made it Happen

April 1, 2021 / Carol Roberts / Families, National Issues, Parenting, Politics / No Comments

During the Democratic primary, Sen. Bennet ran on his American Family Act, which was subsequently endorsed by the Biden-Harris campaign and now has been included in the American Rescue Act.

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Legislature’s Second Pandemic Session Shaping Up To Be Hectic

March 1, 2021 / Todd Engdahl / Politics, State Issues / No Comments

Legislative leaders tried to tamp down expectations for the session, given the continuing pandemic. But the volume and variety of bills introduced after lawmakers returned indicate this will be a full and contentious session ranging over many issues.

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Democracy: Something We’re Working Toward and Aspiring to

February 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / History, National Issues, Politics, Schools/Education / No Comments

The Capitol siege, followed by impeachment, and inauguration of a new president have provided social studies teachers and their students with plenty of history-in-the-making moments to observe, question, and assess.

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Can We Bridge the Divide?

December 1, 2020 / Mary Jo Brooks / Community Issues, Elections, Politics / No Comments

While the election and presidential transition continued to dominate the news well into November, the Front Porch asked a group of NE Denver residents for their thoughts on bridging the great political divide in our country.

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