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Ballot Issues
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2025 Colorado Ballot Guide

Colorado's 2025 Ballot Guide on Prop MM and Prop LL.

October 07, 2025 Erik Gamm
Education
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ESA’s in Arizona Q3 2025 Report

Since universal eligibility in 2022, Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program has seen rapid growth. A lack of reliable and consistent data about who is using the program and how is contribut

October 03, 2025 Glenn Farley
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First Look: FY 2026 Budget Issues to Watch

CSI's Coffee & Common Sense presentation - A Look Ahead to the 2026 Budget.

October 02, 2025 Glenn Farley
Crime & Public Safety
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Colorado's Competency Crisis

Colorado could spare itself a reputational headache and hefty fines if it were to invest in criminal incompetency restoration, but it would need to cut mental health operating costs to make the effort worth

October 02, 2025 Erik GammJohn Kellner

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