Tag: Rachel Zenzinger
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Sen. Rachel Zenzinger’s final bill aims to boost Colorado’s higher education
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Education has been Sen. Rachel Zenzinger’s top priority since she took her seat in the state Senate over nine years ago. Wednesday is Zenzinger’s last legislative session day, as she is term limited. Zenzinger, D-Arvada, was first chosen to represent the 19th Senate district in…
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Colorado Democrats pick Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg as next Senate president
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senate Majority Leader Sen. Steve Fenberg of Boulder is poised to be the next Senate president after winning the support of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday. Fenberg’s selection means he will stand for the election by the entire Senate later this month. If he wins the…
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Interim school finance panel goes another year without formula fix, finds other improvements
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Let’s go back to 2017: that’s when the General Assembly passed House Bill 1340, which set up an interim committee charged with coming up with a new school finance funding formula. That committee has now met five years in a row, but over time the…
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Colorado Dems propose raising local property taxes to more equitably fund schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Property owners in some Colorado school districts would see gradual tax increases over the next two decades, ultimately generating hundreds of millions more each year for K-12 education, under a bill backed by Democrats in the state legislature. The bill is an effort to correct…