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Western Slope Round Up: Severance Tax is the Talk of the...

Severance tax is just about the No. 1 topic among oil-and-gas boom communities' political leaders on the Western Slope because in their opinion, it's...

Part II: Picking Up the Pieces for Colorado’s Crumbling Schools

In a two-part series, Colorado Confidential delves deeper into the Crumbling Classroom study on Colorado's deteriorating school facilities and the Democratic proposal to fix...

Part I: Picking Up the Pieces for Colorado’s Crumbling Schools

When Democratic leaders announced a new plan to help rebuild schools using income from school trust lands, they referred to the Crumbling Classrooms study...

Increased Mineral Lease Funds Could Help Build, Repair Schools

What may be best for Colorado K-12 schools is BEST, a proposal by Democratic legislative officials that would use federal mineral lease revenues to...