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New faces, leadership launch legislative session

Colorado lawmakers convened Wednesday at the Capitol for the start of the 69th General Assembly, a session in which nearly one in three members is a newcomer...
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President at budget hearing: ‘We’re creating a culture of efficiency’

At his annual presentation Tuesday to the state’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC), Benson said the university estimates it has saved about $35 million in recent...
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Regents support Amendment S

Gov. John Hickenlooper and state lawmakers say approval of the ballot issue would bring long-overdue reform to the state personnel system.
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Time runs out on transparency bill at Capitol

House Bill 1252, legislation that would have required more detailed financial reporting in the form of searchable databases of all revenues and expenditures at...
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State funding woes unite higher education in discussion

The Higher Education Association of the Rockies (HEAR) sponsored the Colorado Higher Education Legislative Update, an afternoon of discussion Friday at the...
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Bill on PERA retirement calculations for new hires tabled

A bill that would have changed the way retirement benefits are calculated for new hires joining the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) was tabled...
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Mostly talk, little action so far regarding PERA changes

The 2.5 percent PERA contribution shift for University of Colorado employees will end this July.
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Transparency legislation advances in House

A bill that would require greater detail in existing reporting of financial information at institutions of higher education advanced this week in the State...
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Five questions for Peter Simons

The first time Peter Simons remembers being in a “service role” was in junior high school, when a teacher asked him to work with a girl who was shy and...
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2009 legislative roundup

Federal stimulus funding softened the blow higher education suffered this year as Colorado lawmakers struggled to balance the state budget during one of the...

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