You know what we say when we see someone who is overly emotional or very transparent with their feelings: We say they are wearing their heart on their sleeve.
The Legislature’s top priority for 2012 is putting Coloradans back to work. Our state has over 400,000 people out of work who desperately need something better for themselves and their families.
Day to day, my work at the state Senate can be pretty tedious and detail-oriented when reading and editing bills, but every once in a while, there comes a string of events that are exciting.
Today begins a new era for my family and the communities our newspapers and websites serve.
Approval ratings for members of Congress are at an all-time low. Only 11 percent of the American public approves of how Congress conducts itself, according to a Gallup poll last month. That is the lowest rating Gallup has ever recorded i...
Greetings from the state House! Our second session in the 68th General assembly has officially begun. So far our most memorable measure has been a House Resolution asking Congress to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...
Our positive attitude begins and ends with us. We have to own the fact that we are in control of our emotions and our attitudes, not anyone else and certainly not any circumstance.
Tim Tebow did it. Maybe we should too.
As much as I hate to admit it, the Denver District Court made some good points in the recent Lobato v. Colorado decision. In its ruling, the court found that the system the state uses for funding public schools is “irrational and inadequ...
Opening day of the 2012 legislative session was certainly unique for me. Instead of, “Come Hell or high water,” it soon became, “Come snow, wind, and sleet!”
Most analysts and investors agree that 2011 was not a stellar year for the economy or the stock market. The number of times the word recession was bantered about in the last 12 months certainly took its toll on waning consumer confidence...
I read last week that the Super Bowl ads are completely sold out for this year and they have been sold out since October. Companies looking to leverage this year’s big event paid $3.5 million for a 30-second commercial with some paying a...
What is the big deal about football? Or baseball? Or any competition? What really does it prove?
Back around 2002-03, I believe, the Douglas County School District conducted a survey of its student body. The results were disturbing. Many kinds of "risky" behavior (drug use and sexual activity, among others) were on the ris...
We might hear that statement from a broadcaster announcing a race, or some of us may have heard it or even used it ourselves as we began a road trip, vacation or just a busy day. But instead of using the broadcaster’s version of “And the...
About half of the homeowners associations in Centennial belong to the Centennial Council of Neighborhoods, and the resident-focused organization is looking to boost that percentage this spring.
Arapahoe Philharmonic will perform music from Germany and Austria at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at Mission Hills Church, 620 Southpark Drive, Littleton.
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