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Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Colorado families shopping for school supplies wouldn’t have to pay state sales tax during a weekend-long tax holiday under a bill being considered by state lawmakers.For one weekend in July, House Bill 1048 would exempt from Colorado’s 2.9% sales tax:Items of clothing, including shoes, that cost $100 or less. School supplies, such as pencils, calculators, and lunchboxes, that cost $50 or less.Learning aids, such as flashcards and stacking blocks, that cost $30 or less.The items would only be exempt if they would be used “primarily” by a child or teenager under 21 years old, the bill says. Supporters framed the bill as a money-saver for families at a time when affordability is top of mind for many Coloradans.“I’m raising two daughters right now, and I think every $5 you can keep in your pocket is important,” said Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Ty Winter, who is cosponsoring the bill.Two Republicans who represent rural areas — Winter of Trinidad, and state Sen. Byron Pelton of Sterling — are the main sponsors of the bill. But Democrats also support it. “This is for all the kids that wonder if they get the wide ruled or the college ruled or how many they could afford, as well as getting the good glue sticks,” Assistant Majority Leader Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Denver Democrat and former teacher, said at a bill hearing last month.The bill passed out of the House Finance Committee in late February on a 10-1 vote, with just one Democrat voting no. Rep. Bob Marshall, a Democrat from Highlands Ranch, said he was generally opposed to what he called tax “carveouts and exceptions for popular groups.” The bill now advances to the House Appropriations Committee.The first back-to-school sales tax holiday would be July 23-25, 2027, the bill says. It would decrease Colorado’s sales tax revenue by $1.4 million in the first year, according to a fiscal analysis by legislative staff. That estimate is based on the assumption that families will spend $395 per child on clothing and shoes and $135 per child on school supplies, the analysis says.The bill would also allow — but not require — towns, cities, and counties to adopt similar sales tax holidays to increase families’ savings. For example, the city of Denver charges an additional 6.25% sales tax on top of the state’s 2.9%.Winter said he came up with the idea after visiting a mall in New Mexico. When Winter asked why the mall was so crowded, he said he was told it was because of a sales tax holiday. Several other states, including Florida and Texas, have similar back-to-school sales tax holidays.Winter and Pelton proposed a more wide-ranging sales tax holiday in 2024, but the bill failed to advance. The 2024 bill would have created two two-week sales tax holidays per year for school supplies, clothing, and computers. It also would have exempted all baby and toddler products, such as cribs and strollers, from state sales tax.Melanie Asmar is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Colorado. Contact Melanie at masmar@chalkbeat.org.

Lawmakers on the House Energy Committee passed an amended — and narrower — version of a bill on Tuesday that, if enacted, will loosen regulations for certain aboveground storage tanks in the state. As amended in committee Tuesday, Senate Bill 641 would only apply to tanks holding 10,000 gallons or less of brine water. Those […]

El senador brasileño Flávio Bolsonaro, principal candidato de la derecha a las elecciones de octubre, acusó al presidente Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva de “transbordar intolerancia” por cancelar su asistencia a la investidura del chileno José Antonio Kast. El hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, quien sí participará en la ceremonia, dijo en una entrevista con … Continua leyendo "Flavio Bolsonaro fustiga a Lula por no viajar a investidura de Kast en Chile: "Refleja odio"" The post Flavio Bolsonaro fustiga a Lula por no viajar a investidura de Kast en Chile: "Refleja odio" appeared first on BioBioChile.

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Nuevos bombardeos de Israel contra posiciones vinculadas a Hezbolá se producen en paralelo a un rápido deterioro humanitario que ya deja cientos de miles de desplazados y decenas de menores fallecidos, según organismos de Naciones Unidas.

บทสนทนาเรื่องการเปลี่ยนคำนำหน้านามของบุคคลผู้มีความหลากหลายทางเพศนำมาซึ่งประเด็นมากมาย หนึ่งในนั้นคือ ทำไมชาว LGBTQ จำนวนหนึ่งจึงเลือกที่จะไม่สนับสนุน และ มีทีท่าไม่เป็นมิตรต่อแนวคิดนี้ ?ทฤษฎี System Justification (SJT) ซึ่งพัฒนาโดย John T. Jost และ Mahzarin R. Banaji ในปี 1984 น่าจะเป็นหนึ่งในหลายกรอบแนวคิดสำคัญที่ช่วยอธิบายว่าทำไมสมาชิกของกลุ่มที่ถูกกดทับในสังคม เช่นผู้มีความหลากหลายทางเพศ บางครั้งจึงสนับสนุนหรือปกป้องระบบทางสังคมที่สร้างความไม่เท่าเทียมให้กับตนเองและกดทับบุคคลที่มีความหลากหลายทางเพศด้วยกันเอง

Caracas, March 10, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan National Assembly preliminarily approved a new mining law on Monday as part of continued efforts to attract foreign investment to the country. Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez had announced the new legislation last week during a visit from US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum alongside mining executives and... The post Venezuelan Parliament Pushes Mining Reform to Attract Foreign Capital appeared first on Venezuelanalysis.

TOPEKA — Douglas County District Judge James McCabria declined Tuesday to pause enforcement of a new state law that invalidated driver’s licenses and criminalizes bathroom use for transgender residents, saying he doesn’t have enough information yet and that he believes Kansans are tolerant. In a six-page ruling — which includes a section titled “Who to […]

中國正加速崛起為全球重要的科學強國，並希望在幾乎所有科研領域都佔據領先地位。

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COLUMBIA — Legislation that allows law enforcement to arrest people who come within a 25-foot perimeter advanced to the Senate floor Tuesday with bipartisan support.  The proposal, dubbed the “Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act,” threatens jail time for approaching on-duty officers or paramedics after receiving a warning to get back. Only two of the […]

It could help ensure the animals in our care are living their best lives.

中東戰火致一度使油價飆升。歐盟委員會主席馮德萊恩在巴黎第二屆核能峰會上表示，歐洲此前聚頂降低核電份額的決定是一個戰略錯誤。

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Are people once again hankering for a quality cinematic experience? The 2026 nominees suggest so.

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Beyond High School is our free monthly newsletter covering higher education policy and practices in Colorado. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox early.Record numbers of students in Colorado and nationwide are filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid after a revamp of the form made it easier, data shows. But for immigrant families where one or more members is undocumented, whether students complete the FAFSA depends on if they are willing to take the risk at a time of heightened immigration enforcement, college advocates said. Many worry the government will use their information to track them or their family and deport them.Jesse Ramirez, founder and executive director of a Colorado nonprofit called INSPiRE, recalled a recent conversation with a mom from the Fort Lupton area who was scared to have her daughter complete the form.“She said, ‘I came here from Venezuela to escape political violence. So why put myself at risk now? They might send me back or worse,’” said Ramirez, whose nonprofit organization helps advise over 2,000 students in the Denver area on how to get to college.So far this year, about 46% of high school students nationwide have completed the FAFSA form, according to the National College Attainment Network’s FAFSA tracker.Bill DeBaun, the organization’s senior director of data and strategic initiatives, said in a news conference last month that the nation might exceed 56% of students completing the form — an “all-time high” since tracking began in 2017. This matters because students who fill out the form are more likely to end up pursuing education opportunities after high school.In Colorado, just over 37% of seniors completed the form by the end of February, or 28,597 students, according to NCAN. That’s about 5,000 more students than last year during the same time period. That progress so far places Colorado 42nd this year in how well states get seniors to fill out the form.Ramirez and others report the rates remain lower because students who have the most challenges still aren’t getting the help they need to complete the form. At the end of February, only 11% of seniors at Colorado schools with 40% or more Hispanic or Black students had completed the form, NCAN’s FAFSA data shows. And 37% of seniors at schools where at least half of their population comes from lower-income backgrounds have completed the form, compared to 45% at schools whose students come from higher income families.Studies from 2017 show Colorado had about 130,000 students who have a family member without legal documentation. These students have the option to fill out the FAFSA or the state’s Colorado Application for State Financial Aid. The state created the form for undocumented students and those from mixed-status families who don’t want to share their data to the federal government.Ramirez said FAFSA opens up the possibility for more grant or scholarship aid than the state’s form, and he frequently explains to students and families why filling out the form can be beneficial. He’s worked with families for years, but the current political environment has made families fearful.He advises families not to wait out the Trump administration and to continue allowing their kids to pursue their dreams, especially because many undocumented individuals already fill out tax forms. He says in some cases it’s better to send kids to college than “sitting around waiting to see if some policy changes or a new administration comes along and then wasting four or five years.” These one-on-one conversations take time, he said. And the loss of the statewide data tool that showed individual student progress on the form has made working with students more difficult.Lawmakers cut the tool within this year’s budget to help fill a more than $1.2 billion budget hole. The loss has hamstrung others across the state. Without the tool, college advisors must connect with each student to check their FAFSA progress, said Tam Doane, Colorado Springs’ Peak Education college and financial aid advisor. The nonprofit works with students to help them pursue college or a career. Doane spends two days a week at Harrison High School and Sierra High School helping students prepare for college.The loss of the tool, Doane said, is “just slowing everything down because I’m calling students multiple times to say, ‘Show me where you are at.’” Oftentimes, students will think they’ve completed the FAFSA when the federal government might require an extra step, said Jasmine Rainey, Peak Education’s director of access and success.“Not having that tool that just creates another obstacle for us in order to help students complete the FAFSA and get to college, or whatever their postsecondary plan might be,” Rainey said.Ramirez said the challenges are a shame during a year where the application is easier and more user friendly. Students still want to chase their dreams, he said, but many need more support to talk through their options.He takes the wins where he can. After a long conversation with the Fort Lupton mom, she made a decision about her daughter’s future. She came to the United States for safety and to create a better life for her family, Ramirez said. While no one can guarantee she won’t get detained, she made the decision to take a “leap of faith” and fill out the FAFSA to help her child follow her dreams.Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage. Contact Jason at jgonzales@chalkbeat.org.