The Colorado Independent

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Politics

Colorado Rep. Polis leads House effort to reform No Child Left Behind

By | 02.09.12 | 11:59 am

On the heels of news that the Obama administration has granted Colorado and 10 other states a waiver from the controversial requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind education law, Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis introduced a House version of the Growth to Excellence Act (H.R. 3845) written by Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall. The bill would rework No Child Left Behind by granting greater authority to the states to develop student achievement and school accountability policies.

Colorado scores No Child Left Behind waiver

By | 02.09.12 | 8:59 am

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the Obama administration decision to grant Colorado schools a waiver from the regulatory requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. A former superintendent of the Denver Public School system, Bennet has long railed against the law as well-intended but comically flawed, the “biggest federal overreach ever in domestic policy,” he said in a Senate floor speech last year.

Compromise between Obama, religious groups possible on birth control

By | 02.09.12 | 6:32 am

The Obama administration this week signaled it might compromise with religious groups that are currently up in arms over a federal decision requiring health insurers to cover contraception as a preventive service.

Minus Lamborn, Colorado congressional delegation pushes for wind energy tax credit

By | 02.08.12 | 1:02 pm

Eight of Colorado’s nine congressional delegates are calling for the extension of the federal wind production tax credit to be added to the nation’s pending payroll tax reduction package.

Santorum Super Tuesday closes with win in Colorado caucuses

By | 02.08.12 | 12:46 am

Rick Santorum won the Colorado Republican caucuses Tuesday, garnering roughly 40 percent support and defeating runner-up Mitt Romney by nearly 4,000 votes. As see-sawing caucus tallies trickled in after 11 p.m., it became clear Santorum would sweep the three primary contests held Tuesday and revive his flagging candidacy to become the latest “anti-Romney” in the race.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s climate change rhetoric continues to cool

By | 02.07.12 | 4:14 pm

The governor’s stance on climate change continues to retreat like so many of the world’s glaciers.

‘Cousin Ricky’ Santorum’s family is a bunch of old-world red communists

By | 02.07.12 | 3:52 pm

Newt Gingrich speculated last fall that a theoretical family-based “Kenyan anti-colonial worldview” explained President Obama’s equally theoretical socialist-leaning “denial of reality.” Gingrich has so far let Republican presidential primary rival Rick Santorum off the hook, however, for the unabashed family-based Italian communist worldview that may or may not have shaped Santorum’s American political views.

Palacio and Hancock: Romney is out of touch

By | 02.07.12 | 1:29 pm

As Colorado Republicans prepare to go to their caucuses tonight, Democrats continue to say that Mitt Romney is wrong for Colorado. Today, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Colorado Democratic Party Chair Rick Palacio addressed the media at Su Teatro in Denver’s Santa Fe Art District.

Polis, gay-rights activists applaud latest court ruling finding Prop 8 unconstitutional

By | 02.07.12 | 12:48 pm

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday announced it was upholding an earlier court ruling that California’s Proposition 8 voter-passed ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. The decision sets the stage for another appeal, likely to the U.S. Supreme Court, and drew applause from gay-rights advocates buoyed by another clear legal victory. Openly gay Colorado Congressman Jared Polis declared the ruling a victory for American notions of justice and equality.

Ahead of caucuses, major Colorado tea party group promotes Ron Paul

By | 02.07.12 | 11:19 am

In advance of the Colorado Republican caucuses tonight, the Northern Colorado Tea Party– perhaps the most influential of the state’s many tea party groups– isn’t backing away from its constitutional conservative mission. Far from recommending members warm up to presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, the group has unofficially thrown its support behind libertarian Congressman Ron Paul.

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