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Littwin: DougCo’s dodgy voucher plan boosts religious recruitment – not public education

The Douglas County School Board might be unhappy with the state Supreme Court ruling knocking down its dodgy voucher plan. Religious schools throughout Douglas County...

Lamborn touts vote to spend $690 billion on military this year

Just as Republican lawmakers promote their plan to slash federal spending by turning Medicare into a new-style voucher program, come the eye-popping numbers tied to the National Defense Authorization Act. Colorado Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn, who has praised the proposed Medicare cuts and led the charge to slash federal funding for popular programs like public broadcasting this year as necessary belt-tightening, is celebrating his vote to spend $690 billion on the military next year.