Darren Patterson Christian Academy (DPCA), a private school in Buena Vista, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program over nondiscrimination requirements to receive state funding for universal preschool.
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BRIEF: Colorado Christian University Chancellor Calls Conservative Summit ‘Sobering’
The Western Conservative Summit (WCS) has a fourteen-year history of hosting conservative political celebrities and giving platforms to prominent faces and organizations of the conservative movement across the United States. Notable attendees have included Senator Cory Gardner and former president, Donald Trump.
Colorado GOP Chair: ‘I’m Fine With a No Labels Candidate,’ Just Not ‘Third Parties That Are Going to Adversely Affect The Republican’
When it came to choosing which minor parties he wanted to negotiate with, Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams only had one question: would they “adversely affect the Republican nominee?”
Douglas County School District’s Revised Policy Raises Concerns for Trans Students
Last night the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education adopted revisions to the Parent and Family Engagement Policy which focuses on the issue of “compelled” speech, raising concerns that the policy could be used to justify harassment against transgender students and staff in the district.
Colorado Welcomes Psychedelic Science With Drag Bingo
What do you get when you mix drag queens, charity bingo games, booze, and self-described psychonauts? You get Colorado’s official welcome party for the Psychedelic Science 2023 convention.
Eastman Once Defended Jan. 6 Mob, Saying Some Were ‘Paid by News Organizations To Get Video of Violence’ To ‘Build a False Narrative’
Over two years after the Jan. 6, insurrection, former Trump lawyer John Eastman — who’s facing disbarment in California — defended the mob, telling a right-wing podcaster in Colorado that some Jan. 6 insurrectionists were “people paid by news organizations to get video of violence so that that could build a false narrative” and that anti-Trump operatives manipulated the protesters by hiding barricades at the U.S. Capitol. Both claims are baseless. Here is the Colorado Times Recorder’s story published in 2022.
42 States Are More Affordable to Live in Than Colorado; Decent Housing More Challenging to Find, Study Shows
In a recently released study, Colorado was ranked the eighth least affordable state to live in, further complicating low-income workers’ access to affordable housing.
Colo GOP Chair Threatens Previous Republican Congressional Candidate With Libertarian Spoiler if She Runs Again
Republican Party chairs aren’t supposed to show a preference for candidates within their own party. Yesterday, however, Colorado Chair Dave Williams flat-out warned state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, who lost a nailbiter in last year’s race for Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District (CD8), that if she runs again, she’ll face not only incumbent Democrat Yadira Caraveo but a Libertarian Party candidate as well. That could lead to a repeat of the scenario from 2022 in which Libertarian Richard Ward earned several thousand more votes than the 1,500 vote difference between Caraveo and Kirkmeyer.
Slimy, Scaly, or Obscene: It’s Time to Love (and Maybe Eat) the Mushrooms in Your Yard
If you’ve got something long and stinky growing in your yard, don’t be scared. It’s probably a mushroom, and you may be able to eat it. And with all the rain in Colorado lately, all kinds of fungus are waiting for you on grass, mulch, and stumps.