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There's a $17 billion need to fix deteriorating Colorado school buildings right now, according to the Colorado Department of Education, but CBS News Colorado has learned there's no more money left to go around.
Finding the time to write about everything that happened this summer in the nerd world was a real drag. Sometimes, other work here at the Mirror or just life ha
CDE giving more than $100 million to 17 public schools across the state. News5's Lindsey Jensen shows us a Colorado Springs middle school addresses safety concerns.
Mirror staff members were recognized by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and the Western Pennsylvania Press Club this week. The Mirror won four Golden
Dispensaries broke records month after month early on in the pandemic, and industry figures believed at the time that business was unlikely to slow down. But for nearly a year, sales have done just that, raising questions about the future of Colorado cannabis.
Referee Rich Deleo kicks off the first episode of The Zone coming to you from Altoona Area High School. This week on the show, Rich sits down with Mike Boytim a
Referee Rich closes out the last talk segment of the first episode of The Zone speaking about changes to the Laurel Highlands Conference with Andy Stine and Mik
Following a year of budget cuts and funding rearrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado's Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) program is on track to get those funds back from a major revenue source: pot taxes. Senate Bill 207, which passed through the Colorado Legislature last month, will require the transfer of $100 million from the state's Marijuana Tax Cash Fund into the BEST program, to restore funding cut last year. BEST was established in 2008 to provide funding for public schools to rebuild, repair or replace primary educational facilities. According to Andy Stine, Colorado Department of Education capital construction director, the BEST program has received over $325 million in marijuana excise taxes since 2014 — but BEST is requesting around $650 million for 2021 projects alone. “As for the bill to restore funds to the program, any amount helps," he says, noting that local governments kick in a 50 percent match in BEST funding from state grants.