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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill to establish Black Coloradan Racial Equity Commission
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Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill on Tuesday establishing a statewide racial equity study to “determine and make recommendations related to any historic and ongoing effects of slavery and subsequent systemic racism” on Black Coloradans as a result of state actions. Senate Bill 53 establishes the Black Coloradan Racial Equity Commission to conduct the study…
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Colorado lawmakers vote to give themselves a pay raise beginning in 2025
Colorado House Democrats on Thursday voted to boost the pay of General Assembly lawmakers beginning in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with those living in the Denver metro area getting substantially more in actual dollars and rate increase than policymakers who reside outside. The cost to taxpayers for the higher per diems is just shy of…
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INSIGHTS | Bipartisanship on education commission will serve Polis well
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis did something right a couple of weeks ago. He appointed former state Rep. Jim Wilson to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The 11-member board was created by the legislature in 1965 to write policy on, well, higher education and enforce it…