Colorado will distribute $24 million in one-time funding to public school districts and charter schools impacted by the unprecedented influx of immigrant students who arrived after the annual October headcount that determines districts’ state funding. Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed the bipartisan bill, HB24-1389, authorizing that money to be distributed this fiscal year from … Read more
With just over three weeks left in this year’s session of the Colorado General Assembly, lawmakers are starting in earnest to push through their preferred policies — and that urgency means bill schedules will become even more fluid. Major bills are still being introduced, and some — chiefly around property taxes and relief — are … Read more
One year ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass – then just four months into her term as the city’s top executive – acknowledged that the City of Angels wasn’t where it needed to be but that she was proud of the changes taking place in the nascent days of her administration. On Monday, April 15, … Read more
A 50-room satellite site for Ronald McDonald House will welcome its first families on Monday as work begins on a business case to triple the capacity of its Nedlands headquarters. The long-running charity provides accommodation and wraparound support to regional families forced to travel to Perth while their children receive medical treatment. FOLLOW US ON … Read more
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is set to deliver the annual State of the City address on Monday, April 15 – ahead of the release of her proposed 2024-25 budget in the coming days. The mayor’s office hasn’t provided details of Bass’ upcoming speech, but many of the topics she touched on during last year’s … Read more
Denver is overhauling its approach to serving migrants in a major shift announced Wednesday — along with revised budget impact projections that soon will allow the city to roll back some cuts, including reduced hours at city recreation centers. Mayor Mike Johnston said the city would discontinue the costly practice of sheltering newly arrived migrants … Read more
Concerns about immigration, fueled by the ongoing migrant crisis, are at the forefront of many Colorado voters’ minds, a new poll says. But voters are split on how local officials should respond to the waves of new arrivals from the southern U.S. border. Thirty-one percent of likely voters in a poll conducted last month for … Read more
The Denver Board of Ethics on Wednesday found that City Councilwoman Flor Alvidrez’s spending and bookkeeping habits in her first few months in office did not violate the city’s ethics code. But board members expressed serious concerns about what some termed Alvidrez’s “careless” or “reckless” use of taxpayer dollars last year, and they voted to … Read more
Colorado legislators will work through Budget Madness Part 2 this week, as the state’s spending plan for next year is set to pass the House on Monday before crossing over and restarting the process in the Senate. The House worked all day and into the night Thursday (before taking Good Friday off) to give initial … Read more
With domestic money inflow outperforming the overseas in the past few years, the share of foreigners in India’s total market cap has consistently retreated from a peak of about 24-25%. Synopsis But that’s the seemingly outlandish threshold overseas funds were close to overhauling last month in gross purchases of Indian stocks – thanks to mouth-watering … Read more
