http://coloradopublicadvocate.com Real News, Real Issues Fri, 10 May 2013 15:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/05/09/pitfalls-abound-in-bill-to-allow-same-day-voter-registration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pitfalls-abound-in-bill-to-allow-same-day-voter-registration Sunana Batra / Colorado Public Advocate As the city of Longmont gets ready to forge ahead with a municipally-owned broadband program that will compete for customers in the marketplace, critics are pointing to parallels with similar, government-run ventures that ran off the rails...]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/05/09/longmont-leaps-into-broadband-venture-despite-other-cities-failures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longmont-leaps-into-broadband-venture-despite-other-cities-failures Staff / Colorado Public Advocate Now sitting on Gov. John Hickenlooper's desk is legislation that critics in the business community and the legislature say will unleash a torrent of groundless discrimination lawsuits against Colorado employers—and create a potential windfall for plaintiffs and their attorneys. ]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/05/02/potential-conflicts-pose-ticklish-issue-for-lawyer-lawmakers-see-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=potential-conflicts-pose-ticklish-issue-for-lawyer-lawmakers-see-video http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/05/02/sure-you-can-skip-an-emissions-test%e2%80%94but-itll-cost-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sure-you-can-skip-an-emissions-test%25e2%2580%2594but-itll-cost-you Victor Skinner / EAGnews.org Colorado recently approved an interesting new alternative education program that launched its first classes this month. It’s called Clover Leaf University, and it’s a marijuana cultivation program that’s accredited by the Colorado Department of Education.]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/04/30/denvers-new-clover-leaf-university-cultivates-interest-in-pot-farming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=denvers-new-clover-leaf-university-cultivates-interest-in-pot-farming Lark Turner / EdNews Colorado Hundreds of students, advocates, legislators and educators crowded a room at Metropolitan State University’s Auraria campus on Monday to watch Gov. John Hickenlooper sign a bill making undocumented students...]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/04/30/immigrant-tuition-break-now-the-law-in-colorado/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=immigrant-tuition-break-now-the-law-in-colorado Valerie Richardson / The Colorado Observer The Colorado House gave initial approval Monday to a special sales tax on recreational marijuana that was too high for Republicans, but just high enough for Democrats. The chamber ended two days of heated debate by approving House Bill 1318...]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/04/30/pot-tax-passes-house-prospects-with-the-voters-less-certain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pot-tax-passes-house-prospects-with-the-voters-less-certain Valerie Richardson / The Colorado Observer Colorado was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, and it could become the first state to repeal it. A proposal being floated in the state legislature would send two ballot measures to the voters in November. The first would ask for...]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/04/29/legal-pot-advocates-say-lawmakers-are-trying-to-thwart-voters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legal-pot-advocates-say-lawmakers-are-trying-to-thwart-voters http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/04/25/competition-is-the-american-way%e2%80%94so-long-as-the-state-says-so/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=competition-is-the-american-way%25e2%2580%2594so-long-as-the-state-says-so Todd Engdahl / EdNews Colorado Sen. Mike Johnston said Wednesday he will not introduce a teacher licensing bill this year, saying there’s not enough time left to consider such a complex topic during the 2013 session, which must adjourn by May 8.]]> http://coloradopublicadvocate.com/2013/04/19/teacher-reforms-put-on-ice-until-next-legislative-session/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teacher-reforms-put-on-ice-until-next-legislative-session