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Negotiations poised to resume as Denver teachers plead with district to...

As Colorado’s governor weighs whether to intervene to head off a teacher strike in the state’s largest school district, Denver teachers packed a school...

Denver police and sheriffs’ overtime pay skyrocketed in 2015

Overtime pay at the city and County of Denver shot up 23 percent  in 2015, reports Art Kane at ColoradoWatchdog.org. Taxpayers are footing $8.6 million...

Can Colorado afford to save rural schools?

Job openings in rural public schools go unfilled for years. Classes are crammed with too many students. A single person often teaches multiple grades...