Tag Archives: Colorado

The state’s cities need water. Its farmers have it. Could leasing rights to it solve the crisis responsibly?

American politics has entered a long phase of electoral volatility and divided government, with Republicans holding distinct advantages in mobilizing their coalition in many statewide and local contests and Democrats having a seemingly firm grip on presidential politics. The longer-term demographic and geographic shifts that are rapidly changing American society have yet to coalesce into clear partisan majorities across multiple levels of government.

States and school districts are far from the goal of better, fairer, and fewer tests. Some states have decided to stop administering the new Common Core tests, while others have chosen to walk away from using the standards altogether.

Massive, historic, “biblical” rainfall cascaded through much of Colorado Thursday (September 12), leaving three people dead and one missing as of Thursday night as a result of the flooding. Up to 8 inches of rain fell across a hundred-mile expanse of Colorado’s Front Range, causing thousands to be evacuated as local streams turned into rampaging torrents. The heavy rains returned to the …