Tag: common sense institute
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Outgoing El Paso County commissioners Stan VanderWerf, Longinos Gonzalez reflect on tenure
Two long-serving politicians are stepping down this year into uncertain futures from the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners. Republicans Stan VanderWerf and Longinos Gonzalez have each served two four-year terms on the board, the most allowed. Their successors, both Republicans elected in November, will be sworn in on Jan. 14. Both came to…
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RTD budget rises as ridership numbers remain low, study says
Metro Denver’s Regional Transportation District, despite budget increases over the past four years, is witnessing a slow post-pandemic recovery in ridership levels amid a simultaneous rise in RTD crime rates, according to a Common Sense Institute study. The study, titled “A Fork in The Railroad,” shows how RTD has fared with lower ridership amid increased…
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Town hall: Regional leaders delve into Denver’s illegal immigration crisis
Your browser does not support the video tag. America’s illegal immigration crisis is spilling into metro Denver. At last count, nearly 41,000 immigrants have arrived in the city in the last 16 months, and officials said the response this year will cost $90 million. Meanwhile, Aurora, Douglas County and other jurisdictions have adopted resolutions saying…
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Denver councilmembers defend budget cuts, as city struggles to find money for immigration crisis
Denver’s councilmembers on Monday defended about $42 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at cobbling together enough funds to pay for the thousands of immigrants who arrived in — or yet to come to — the city after illegally crossing the southern border. During the hearing, one councilmember blasted the “national media” for allegedly reporting that the…
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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP
A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute. Senate Bill 24-159 would require the state to cease issuing new oil and gas drilling permits by 2030. The bill was set to be heard on Thursday…
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Colorado Springs more effective than Denver in handling homelessness crisis
As the homelessness crisis dominates the debate among mayoral candidates in Denver, one study points to contrasting results between Colorado’s two largest cities, showing some modicum of success on one hand and exacerbation on the other. The study’s gist contends that Colorado Springs has been more effective than metro Denver in reducing the number of…
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Colorado Politics, Denver Gazette, 9NEWS host legislative leaders in Zoom town hall
Colorado legislative leaders and Gov. Jared Polis will lay out the stakes, likelihoods and possibilities for another truncated legislative session online Friday, Feb. 12. The town hall, to be conducted on Zoom teleconferencing software, begins at 11:30 a.m. Registration information is available by clicking or tapping here. The event is sponsored by Colorado Politics, the Denver…
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New report from Colorado business leaders charts Road to Recovery
Some of the state’s best business minds collaborated on a way to get Colorado out of the economic mess it’s in and presented their key findings in a report earlier this month: Prioritize Colorado’s competitiveness agenda; reimagine tomorrow’s workforce; and invest in “future-forward” infrastructure. The project collected the skill, insights and hard data from 30…
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New report from Colorado business leaders charts Road to Recovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of the state’s best business minds collaborated on a way to get Colorado out of the economic mess it’s in and presented their key findings in a report earlier this month: Prioritize Colorado’s competitiveness agenda; reimagine tomorrow’s workforce; and invest in “future-forward” infrastructure. The…