When Gov. John Hickenlooper announced that the state will appeal a Denver court’s ruling that the state inadequately funds education, he acknowledged what Judge Sheila Rappaport — and previously the Colorado Supreme Court — w...
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(Centennial Fellow) Because those doggone Coloradans just won’t vote to increase taxes often enough, a cadre of folks who just can’t bear to see state government spend less is asking a federal judge to do something voters won’t &nda...
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(Centennial Fellow) Say this for President Barack Obama: he doesn't lack for vision.As a candidate, Obama spoke of "chang(ing) the trajectory of America" in a way that no president has since Ronald Reagan. Obama's vision is, of course, antithetical t...
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(Centennial Fellow) Gerrymandering - the conspicuous, irregular manipulating of electoral district boundaries to advantage one political party or candidate - is widely considered a distasteful, if not downright corrupt, practice.
Through gerrymanderi...
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(Centennial Fellow) To hear trial lawyers and their anti-business enablers tell it, the only thing that prevents Colorado employers from literally chaining workers to their desks is the "right to sue" their dastardly bosses. In this fantasy wor...
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The high-stakes battle to determine whether the people will serve government or government will serve the people is unfolding in state capitols.
Wisconsin is the tip of the iceberg. Though not as fiscally imperiled as California or Illinois, W...
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(Centennial Fellow) The next two years will almost certainly determine whether Americans possess the resolve and courage necessary to save our country from fiscal disaster. If we do not, then the Americans will likely su...
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(Centennial Fellow) It’s a political reality: talking about how to govern is far easier than actually governing.
Government, after all, is a reflection of the governed and nothing requires individual voters or “the people” in gener...
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During much of the last decade December has greeted Colorado legislators with gloomy revenue forecasts that confirm there won’t be enough money to pay for the spending they budgeted in April. Drastic budget reductions ensue in order to ba...
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(Centennial Fellow) As Republican majorities take the reins of power both in Congress and in the Colorado House of Representatives, they carry the lofty expectations of their supporters alongside the inconvenient reality that Democrats still control ...
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