Tag: local control
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EDITORIAL: Guv’s land grab is beaten back
It’s how the Austrians must have felt after breaking the Turkish siege of Vienna. OK, maybe just the way you feel after shooing off a door-to-door salesman. Point is, the barbarians were at the gate — and finally were sent packing. And even if they’ll be back sooner or later, we can breathe a sigh…
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EDITORIAL: Trampling Colorado’s locals on energy, housing
What’s the common thread between Gov. Jared Polis’ roadmap to green energy and his agenda for affordable housing? That is, aside from the fact each will backfire on the state’s economy in one or more ways. The answer is that both steamroll local laws that are more in tune with the needs of their communities…
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Colorado justices skeptical of education co-ops’ ability to locate schools outside boundaries
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court gave a chilly reception on Tuesday to the idea that school boards, when organized into regional cooperatives to provide educational services, may locate facilities outside their boundaries over the objection of a local district. Under Colorado law, boards of cooperative services, or BOCES, allow for school districts to band…