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Donna B. Hall will retire as publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of April, capping a 35-year career at Cox Enterprises. → Read More
Ready or not, East Cobb voters may have to decide by May whether they want to form a new city government. → Read More
In a stunning turn from this time a year ago, Colorado's state coffers are suddenly so flush with cash that lawmakers may be required to send more than $200 million back to taxpayers over the next three years. → Read More
Colorado gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has named former state lawmaker Dianne Primavera as his running mate. → Read More
Colorado’s troubled public pension has been pulled back from the fiscal brink. → Read More
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday evening announced that he was vetoing three bills, including a highly contentious measure that would have barred the public in Colorado from viewing autopsy reports on the deaths of minors. → Read More
In 2000, Colorado taxpayers footed 68 percent of the costs of a college degree, with students chipping in about one-third. → Read More
The Colorado legislature is sending voters two ballot measures aimed at preventing partisan gerrymandering. → Read More
Thanks to a boost from a recent tobacco industry settlement, Colorado plans to sock away an extra $90 million next year in the state's reserves. But by one credit rating agency's analysis, it's still woefully unprepared for the next economic downturn. → Read More
The newly passed rescue package for Colorado's public pension program will have major ramifications for public sector workers, retirees and taxpayers across the state for decades to come. → Read More
Colorado lawmakers are punting one of the state's most pressing financial dilemmas to the summer. → Read More
With just days left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats on Tuesday proposed a sweeping rewrite of a transportation funding bill that would boost funding for mass transit, while nixing a Republican plan to issue bonds. → Read More
Teachers usually say a persistent funding shortage, which has cost public schools $6.6 billion since 2009, led them to walk off the job and close down schools last week. Among the biggest reasons for lagging pay is one of the least understood: the rising cost of state pensions. → Read More
The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld the legality of sales taxes that are collected by two special districts in metropolitan Denver. → Read More
State lawmakers acknowledge that the Gallagher amendment poses a threat to rural communities but are nonetheless weeks away from ending a second consecutive legislative session without attempting a solution. → Read More
A federal appeals court has stayed a judge's order blocking parts of Colorado's Amendment 71, which makes it more difficult to change the state constitution. → Read More
A broad coalition of Colorado business groups has endorsed a $5 billion transportation measure moving through the state legislature, boosting its chances of passage even as top Democrats continued to express "reservations" with the plan. → Read More
Colorado's budget now includes a bipartisan deal to send $35 million to school security improvements and resource officers. → Read More
The state House of Representatives on Wednesday began a marathon debate on Colorado’s $28.9 billion state budget proposal. → Read More
The Colorado Senate put a conservative stamp on state pension reform Monday, giving preliminary approval to a plan to shore up Colorado PERA's shaky finances, while largely shielding taxpayers from the cost of doing so. → Read More