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  • Colorado Proposition 103 Tax Hike Blue Book: Not Just for Eddie to Color On0

    • September 30, 2011

    A couple days ago my parents received in the mail a little blue booklet. Since most of the things we receive in the mailbox anymore are junk, I was getting ready to decorate it with my crayons when my mom told me to stop. It turns out the “Blue Book” is an election guide from […]

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  • NREL: Big Green Empire0

    • September 30, 2011

    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) located in beautiful Golden, Colorado, is the federal government’s primary research facility for renewable energy for the Department of Energy (DOE). According to its Web site, NREL has enjoyed an enormous budget increase over the last two years. As the economy slowed in 2007, NREL saw its budget decrease

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  • Mining for green jobs0

    • September 30, 2011

    Another day, another story about a solar company moving part of its operation to China. This time it’s Advanced Energy in Fort Collins, which will lay off 5 percent of its labor force and move “more of its manufacturing to China as it works to increase profitability,” according to the Coloradoan. Advanced Energy was one

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  • Blame the Insurance Company0

    • September 30, 2011

    Here’s a tip for transit agencies: Buy insurance guaranteeing ridership revenue so that, when you screw up and ridership declines, you can sue the insurance company to cover the revenue losses. That’s what Washington MetroRail has done in response to ridershop losses that it claims resulted from the 2009 accident that killed 9 people. According […]

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  • Harrison School District’s Bold Pay Reform Shows Early Success, Draws Attention0

    • September 29, 2011

    At my Education Policy Center friends’ recent series of Colorado school board candidate briefings, one of the local reforms they highlighted was Harrison School District Two’s groundbreaking pay-for-performance system, known as Effectiveness and Results (E & R). Well, who knew during the briefings that a little sensational news would give certain local bloggers a platform […]

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  • Vern Bickel Award Reception0

    • September 29, 2011

    Join us for the Vern Bickel Award Reception Honoring Chuck Asay, Retired Political Cartoonist, Colorado Springs Gazette With Special Guest Henry Payne, Nationally Syndicated Political Cartoonist On Thursday, November 17, 2011 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. At Cableland 4150 Shangri-La Drive, Denver, Colorado 80246 (map) Tickets are $40/person (Includes appetizers, beer, wine & sodas) RSVP

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