Whomever voters elect to Cherry Creek’s school board next month won’t change the majority opinion one way or the other. Still, two Republican-backed candidates, Steve McKenna and Scott Graves, hope to shake up the conversation around what’s taught in Cherry Creek schools and the district’s responsibilities to parents.
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Which Candidates in Aurora’s Election Are Republicans? Which Are Democrats?
Kristi Burton Brown, the former leader of the Colorado Republican Party, makes no secret of her support for Aurora City Council candidate Stephanie Hancock.
DAVIS: Something Strange is Happening in Estes Park
The process for founding a new charter school in Colorado is not exactly simple, but it is straightforward. Interested parents and community members come together, get some ducks in a row, and then file an application with the local school board, which has the legal authority to approve or deny charters. If a charter is granted, the process of opening the new charter school in the district begins. If the school board denies the charter, that’s the end of it.
Title Board Rejects Economic Arguments from Anti-Abortion Advocates
Yesterday the Colorado Title Board rejected a motion for rehearing from the proponents of the “Protections for a Living Child” ballot initiative, which would classify abortion as murder and result in the prosecution of patients and medical providers and the closure of any medical facility that aids in an abortion, including pharmacies that provide medication abortion. Proponents Angela Eicher and Faye Barnhart argued that the fiscal note accompanying the initiative “appears prejudicial and could be misleading to the voter.”
Colorado Crypto Community Leery As Congress Sharpens Regulatory Knives Due to Failures, Terror Funding
Color Taylor Kendal “skeptically optimistic” when it comes to what Forbes Magazine describes as a “storm of crypto legislation” over the summer that’s currently mired in an exceptional level of congressional gridlock but enjoys support among Colorado lawmakers.
Colorado Parent Group Responsible for Turning Point USA Appearance at Cherry Creek Schools; Denies Book-Banning Agenda
Standing on a truck bed in a parking lot outside a recent Cherry Creek school board meeting, the so-called book-banning pastor John Amanchukwu shouted through a microphone to around 50 onlookers to vote out supporters of “drag queen story hour” and restore parent voice in education.
GOP Lawmaker in CO Suggests U.S. & Israeli Governments Knew in Advance of Hamas Attacks
Applying a deep-state conspiracy theory to the Hamas terrorist attacks, a Colorado Republican lawmaker says it’s more likely than not that the U.S. and Israeli governments, both with “corrupt bureaucratic leadership,” knew in advance that the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was “about to happen.”
Colorado Conservatives Have Released More Voter Guides Than Progressives. Here’s a List for This Year’s Election
Ballots are on their way to Colorado voters for the 2023 election. The Colorado Times Recorder has compiled a list of voter guides produced by conservative and progressive groups as well as news outlets and other organizations.
Colorado Congressman Buck Again Helps Torpedo GOP Speaker Candidate
WASHINGTON — BY JENNIFER SHUTT, ARIANA FIGUEROA AND ASHLEY MURRAY — The U.S. House rejected Ohio’s Jim Jordan as a candidate for speaker on Tuesday in the first round of voting, though the chamber was expected to potentially conduct additional votes on Jordan’s bid later in the day.
Before Running for Mayor of Aurora, Mike Coffman Was a Warrior Against Abortion, Immigrants, and Obamacare
Republican Mike Coffman wants to be elected mayor of Aurora again, but for most of his 34-year political career, Coffman was a warrior for issues that had little to do with city government and everything to do with spreading a right-wing agenda across Colorado and the country.