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Guest Post: We can do better by repealing Denver’s camping ban
After hearings this week, a Denver County Court judge will decide whether the city's camping ban is unconstitutional. But what the evidence presented has...
School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s District 5 race
In a part of Denver that has experienced rapid changes, voters face a choice that could shift long-standing education policies and practices in the...
School board election: Who’s running and what’s at stake in Denver’s at-large race
Three former Denver students are running for an at-large seat on a school board that will help shape how the Denver school district approaches...
U.S. House to vote on Colorado public lands preservation
WASHINGTON —The full U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation next week that could shape the future of public lands in...
What Proposition CC would mean for Colorado schools
Colorado voters face a decision this November that could send millions of additional dollars to the state’s schools in good economic times — or...
Has impeachment quashed gun control prospects? House Republicans say impeachment inquiry has sidelined potential...
WASHINGTON — Gun control policy, not impeachment, was supposed to dominate the discourse on Capitol Hill this fall.
In early August — just two months...
State Board raises standards, making it harder for Colorado schools to earn a top...
Hundreds of Colorado schools are likely to lose their top rating under changes approved by the State Board of Education Thursday, and those that...
Denver school board race: See how much money outside groups, candidates have spent
Welcome back to Chalkbeat’s campaign finance tracker. We’ll track how much each of the nine Denver school board candidates has raised and spent in the runup...
Research: What Colorado needs to do to preserve the modern public record
When state Sen. John Cooke asked for email communications of the top official for the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission last fall, the agency’s...
While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo Instead of paying to...
This investigation was produced in collaboration with High Country News, The Center for Public Integrity and the Ohio Valley ReSource.
The sound of metal banging against metal broke the...