The Colorado Sun's politics team sat down with some of the state lawmakers, including Gov. Jared Polis, and discussed the 2026 Legislative Session, what challenges could occur and what will happen with the budget deficit. Watch the video here: buff.ly/hXZs6J6 buff.ly/usPXnel

Super excited to be at the legislative Town Hall up in Ft. Collins. Easy drive from Erie today!

CTR journalists reveal CO Springs Attorney Brad Miller's ties to involved public school districts and schools | DAVIS & RAGSDALE | Invisible Hand: The Man Behind Colorado Schools' Efforts to Ban Trans Athletes

Emails suggest Co Springs lawyer Brad Miller was part of plan to plant a test case for religious public schools, involving public education entities Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, Pueblo School District 70, Falcon/CO District 49, Riverstone Academy, and Forging Education. buff.ly/e5TAg6O

Co Springs Attorney Brad Miller, Colorado Leaders for Academic Success (CLAS), and Elizabeth's Dan Snowberger tied to using public education resources to achieve US Supreme Court rulings. DAVIS: The Plot to Take a Local School District to the Supreme Court buff.ly/kptL52J

Judge calls for dismissing Colorado school districts’ suit on transgender athletes’ rights, often referred to as "The CHSSA lawsuit." Other reporting documented CLAS and Attorney Brad Miller's ties to the districts, boards and schools that signed on. buff.ly/p4NxF86

Mick Bates was involved in the WPSD takeover from the beginning. Couldn’t handle being on the Board when voters took back control! Sad. Pathetic. Good riddance to a destructive ideologist. Conservative Woodland Park school board member resigns - Colorado Springs Gazette

Published today - a fact-based update on the Riverstone Academy closure and why it matters beyond one school. This isn’t about ideology—it’s about governance, public funding, and how church–state questions are being tested through contracts and oversight structures in Colorado. buff.ly/u7XMnP4

Hear directly from Colorado lawmakers who sit on the State House & Senate Education Committees. Their may focus will be maintaining ed spending during another tough budget year

TONIGHT! Important Red, Wine & Blue virtual event to honor the late mom, Renee Good. Sign up here! buff.ly/Y0LDKeF

Useful, timely info from the ACLU: Protesters’ Rights | American Civil Liberties Union

How the Colorado Schools Fund is setting up the case for vouchers | Colorado Newsline coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/17/c...

Former Univ. of Denver Dean, entrepreneur & consultant, JB Holston, appointed by Polis to lead CO’s merge of higher ed, workforce development & labor agencies www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

Worth your time to read! The Bipartisan Policy Center gives its take on the new Scholarship Tax Credit that Polis supports. The New Scholarship Tax Credit: Potential Impacts on the Landscape of Federal K-12 Funding •

National coverage of a likely intentional drive to get a SCOTUS lawsuit. Who paved the way? Ken Witt, Brad Miller, Ann Ochs, Trevor Miller, Peter Hilts, Lori Thompson, and the Boards of D49, Pueblo D70, and ERBOCES. | This new public school in Colorado has a 'Christian foundation.' Can it last?

CO Springs literacy teacher, "Dr. G." was abruptly pulled out of the classroom and told they intend to fire her. Watch this coverage by NBC national news | Teachers protest in solidarity with suspended colleague NBC buff.ly/XQh1Cd4

Colorado can keep big money influence out of politics (Opinion)

Part of the lawsuit against CHSAA has been settled - with ZERO changes to the organization’s policies, practices & authority. While people like D49’s Supt. Peter Hilts & claim victory, the districts who settled have to pay $60,000 in costs TO THE DEFENDANT, CHSAA. Read the article for full quotes!

Are CO school board members & administrators being manipulated by Washington DC law firms using a CO Springs lawyer? Are they intentionally exposing their school districts to lawsuits, distractions and conflicts? Read more about their plans for the US Supreme Court using CO schools. buff.ly/dK4cFJX

Elizabeth, CO school district citing budget terminated a Black, female behavior analyst who spoke out in opposition of book banning, which were mostly about minority people and issues. A white woman was later hired with different title yetsimilar duties - and more pay.

Elizabeth, CO school district cited budget terminated a Black, female behavior analyst who spoke out in opposition of book banning, which were mostly about minority people and issues. A white woman was later hired with different title yetsimilar duties - and more pay. kdvr.com/news/local/e...

Elizabeth, CO school district cited budget terminated a Black, female behavior analyst who spoke out in opposition of book banning, which were mostly about minority people and issues. A white woman was later hired with different title yetsimilar duties - and more pay. kdvr.com/news/local/e...

ERBOCES, Pueblo D70, and Colorado Springs’ D49 opened a public school with multiple safety violations. Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ facing health, safety violations, records show

Transparency is one feature of effective governance. We strongly recommend this session with Jeff Roberts, CO Freedom of Information Coalition, courtesy of the League of Women Voters of Colorado. buff.ly/VFenoXh #transparency #governance #ethicalgovernment #schoolboards #democracy #colorado

Check out this opportunity for ANYONE to get FREE coaching on writing. Anyone 13 years old, so students, adults, teens - check out this program in the Boulder Public Library District

School Board Members, Parents, Educators, & Industry Professionals - Who else has Learning Loss on their radar? Check out Chalkbeat Ideas: New Insights from Learning Loss Data with Emily Oster buff.ly/WfjVXsk

Check out the latest round of games using taxpayer $$ by the DougCO School Board.Their Prez slid a last-ditch effort on the agenda to insulate charters from contract reviews for 10 years, when the unofficial standard is 3-5 years. I'm siding with critics who say this is unethical. buff.ly/tLnWcz6

Senator Kolker Leads Hearing on Federal Education Cuts’ Impact on Colorado Students

In Woodland Park, the community came together. DAVIS: Labels & Lessons in Woodland Park

Learn more about the economically and culturally diverse Adams 12 Five Star School District and Superintendent Gdowski.

Judge dismisses Montezuma-Cortez Supt. Burris's lawsuit accusing Lewis of defamation. Lawyer involved is controversial former Woodland Park SD board member, David Illingworth. ICYMI: Miller is the M-CSD’s lawyer. State BOE member Wright was on the M-CSD board. www.ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd...

NoCo news out of Loveland: In Thompson RE-2, local voters support a $99 million bond issue for the Thompson School District that would be paid off by a property tax revenue gathered within the school district boundaries. buff.ly/v940mpo

Western Slope coverage: Mesa D51, Grand Junction, is the largest school district between Salt Lake City and Denver with over 20,000 students and 3,500 staff. D51 school board is poised for shake-up with Cole, Woods in great shape buff.ly/mC1qo4q

Adams 12 Issue 5B: Voters leaning toward APPROVING mill levy override in this district north of Denver where Supt. Gdowski was just recognized as Superintendent of the Year by CASE and CASSA. buff.ly/eimCbt9

Union-backed candidates leading in Denver school board election results buff.ly/fFsufsr

Updates on a group of school districts our network is following closely! School Board Roundup: Who Won, Who Lost, and Where it's Too Close to Call

The argument that parents’ rights to access religious education is weird. Plenty of 💰 sits in church banks & with wealthy believers. Why not repurpose that 💰to make private religious schools more accessible? The US is not a theocracy. Let’s leave religious grooming to other countries.

The districts in this tangled web use the same law firm as Woodland Park: Miller Farmer Carson Law.

Once again, Woodland Park School District is in the news. Allegations now go far beyond debates about ethics. DAVIS: With Major Vote Looming, Residency of School Board Members Called Into Question

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Who else is concerned about the Separation of Church & State? Sign up for this VIRTUAL | AU Volunteers Meeting [August 2025] · Americans United for Separation of Church and State mobilize.us/s/T0AMup

I'm attending Indivisible Colorado's event, “August Speaker Series” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

More than 20 states sued the Trump administration, then at least 10 REPUBLICANS begged them to release the $$$. Was it a distraction or incompetence? They knew the money was due on July 1 in advance. Ed Dept says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools

Colorado school districts wait for millions in missing funds, plan contingencies for next school year

CO & Phil Weiser are going after the $70 million CONGRESS promised to CO public school kids! Kudos to the 22 states, including CO, that are standing up to the Feds. No kings. No dictators. No autocrats. This is the USA. www.denverpost.com/2025/07/14/c...

In CT men who claimed to be ICE but were strangers pulled over a car with kids on the way to practice - without parents present. Where is the parental rights crowd’s outrage? This story says FOUR kids were in this car. Just because one was 18 doesn’t mean minors weren’t involved. #safety

ADULT MEN are approaching children who DO NOT KNOW THEM in public places. How do we know these men aren’t child predators or traffickers? Most wear ICE logos. So what! How do we know these men are not s-xual predators or groomers? Where is the outrage about child safety?

Are the Feds stealing money from the states? Use this Heat Map to see how much $ the Feds failed to send on July 1. Congress already approved this $ & school districts NEED $ to start school next month. Impact of Federal Delays by District – Heat Map | CDE

Corporations stand to benefit from intended ICE expansion in Colorado: ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals New Information About Plans to Expand ICE Detention in Colorado

The Colorado Springs Gazette is running a poll asking if you approve of the Big Beautiful Bill. You don’t have to subscribe to respond. Go to the home page and scroll down until you find it. Kathy McCauley Love gazette.com