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Colorado’s High Court rules in favor of DougCo schools—but not vouchers

Updated below to add statement from Douglas County School District. The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday handed the Douglas County School District its second legal...

Littwin: Still tilting at Obamacare, as the numbers pile up

You don't have be a mathematician, or a scientist, to understand the numbers. Any way you add them up, it looks as if Obamacare...

Watchdogs call for greater transparency in corporate political spending

Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission granted corporations and unions the right to directly and expressly back political candidates, and triggered an enormous new wave of political spending. Now watchdog groups are trying to find ways to make sure voters can see who is funding which candidates.

Colorado loses first-round Race to the Top education stimulus cash

Colorado failed to win millions of first-round federal Race to the Top dollars, which may not be a bad thing in the long run,...

Colorado school goes radical, asks teachers union to lead reform

Conventional wisdom holds that teachers’ unions are one of the greatest obstacles to education reform. A Colorado school that opened this fall is bucking...

Colorado conservative candidates come together in rarefied air of Beaver Creek

Beaver Creek, the anti-Aspen of Colorado ski resorts for its relentless cozying up to conservatives, once again hosts the ski-to-the-right set Saturday for the...