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On Education Teaching, study can work to help remediate dyslexia

The word “dyslexia” originated in 1887 with Dr. Rudolf Berlin and was expanded by such people as Dr. W. Pringle Morgan and Dr. Samuel Orton. The word morphed from “congenital word...

DATE: Apr 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Long bill’s passage a bipartisan success

Last week, the Senate passed the 2016-2017 budget bill, also called the long bill, since it’s the most detailed and lengthy piece of legislation each year. Despite dire predictions from the ...

DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Take Saturday’s Decisions Day to discuss end-of-life advance directives

The Colorado Legislature again this session failed to advance end-of-life power of control to residents. That cautious and narrow right, which in its more recent form would have given those ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Momentum for change

Embrace the dynamism of the evolving electricity business

DATE: Apr 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

The changes to owner financing after Dodd-Frank

Predatory lending is a buzz word borne out of historically low interest rates and the housing market frenzy in the early part of this century. Predatory lending practices, including sub-prim...

DATE: Apr 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Separate provider fee from general fund

The issue of the Hospital Provider Fee is very confusing and technical. To me, this issue has good arguments on both sides and takes a lot of thought and reasoning to come to the right concl...

DATE: Apr 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Convoluted caucuses

Send undemocratic, discriminatory process to its grave

DATE: Apr 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

It’s budget season at the Colorado Capitol

We’ve gotten to that time in the session when the Joint Budget Committee moves from budget discussions to drafting its bill proposing the state’s next annual budget. This year, th...

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Lesvos’ refugees A month of tragedy, fear, generosity and strength

Home of the ancient poet Sappho, Lesvos is a small Greek island tucked into the northeast corner of the Aegean Sea. It is famed for its acidic green olives, its many natural hot springs and ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Bill would require more CDOT transparency

I had some important victories in the past few weeks, two of which were the unanimous approval by the House Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee of HB 1256 regarding a wat...

DATE: Mar 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Durango’s history not up to any boards

Why is the city Design Review Board making our choices? Who are it members? They should speak to city residents – and then listen. It’s our history, not just theirs. Just say no to generic A...

DATE: Mar 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Census prying into private information

The first of February we received a 27-page American Community Survey from the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. Because this is not a census year and none of our friends had ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman