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Today at 6:31 AM  Groups with tax-exempt status must have educational, charitable, religious or other charitable purposes and cannot be involved in elections or engage in substantial lobbying activity.

Yesterday at 3:02 PM  The school finance overhaul signed into law Tuesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper makes big changes to how public schools in Colorado are funded. All the changes depend on voters approving some $1 billion a year in new taxes.

Yesterday at 5:50 AM  Big changes could be coming to public schools in Colorado, assuming Colorado voters want to raise the income tax to pay for them.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Friday in Colorado Springs, the Battle of Cowpens was reenacted by 300 5th graders.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Australian politician sorry he accidentally 'liked' Facebook photo of prankster exposing self

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Colorado Board of Education is considering tougher guidelines for high school graduation.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Not enough signatures were collected to recall six members of the District 11 Board of Education, according to El Paso County.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  A monster makeover for K-12 school funding in Colorado has cleared the Democratic Legislature and await the signature of Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Monday, April 29, 2013  The most ambitious change in a generation to how Colorado finances K-12 education is closer to approval. The overhaul won final approval in the House 37-28 Monday. It has already been approved by the Senate.

Friday, April 19, 2013  The University of Colorado is setting up an advisory team of 11 people from businesses and the public, asking them to find new funding for the school.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Public school teacher evaluations won't be subject to public review under a bill that has won final approval by the Colorado Legislature.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is returning from a weeklong trip to Israel, and he will have some big decisions to make when he gets back on the job.

Monday, April 15, 2013  It's Tax Day, but Democrats in the Colorado Legislature probably didn't purposely choose the date when they scheduled a hearing on a sweeping bill to remake the state's convoluted process for funding schools.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will pay an extra $14 per credit hour next fall. A 6 % increase from the fall 2012 tuition rates.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  University of Colorado regents have approved a new tuition model that effectively raises in-state tuition by 8.7 percent on the campus in Boulder.