Sep 28, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
On this edition of Common Sense Digest, Chairman and Host Earl L. Wright is joined by CSI’s Mike A. Leprino Fellow, Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner Ph.D. and Charter School Institute’s Terry Croy Lewis, Ph.D. is the Charter School Institute’s Executive Director as they discuss a salient funding issue affecting charter schools across the state, dive into what the “Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance” is up to, and discuss the latest update to CSI’s school finance report, “Dollars and Data.”
Aug 6, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
On this edition of Common Sense Digest, Chairman and Host Earl Wright is joined by CSI’s President & CEO Kristin Strohm and CSI’s Mike A. Leprino Fellow, Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner Ph.D., who recently authored phase one of a three-phase analysis focused on the current resources dedicated to the homeless in Metro Denver.
Jul 19, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
In 2019 the Colorado state legislature passed a new law establishing significant greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Those targets include a statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emission of 50% from the 2005 baseline by 2030, and an 80% reduction from the 2005...
Jul 9, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
On this edition of Common Sense Digest, Chairman and Host Earl Wright is joined by CSI’s Mike A. Leprino Fellow, Brenda Dickhoner, who recently authored a report on how that money was allocated, what it was spent on, and money that remains to be allocated.
Jun 25, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
On this edition of Common Sense Digest, we welcome Peter LiFari, Executive Director of Maiker Housing Partners, the Adams County Housing Authority, and Evelyn Lim, Former Region 8 Administrator at the US Housing and Urban Development, and current Director of Policy and Research at the American Cornerstone Institute to discuss housing affordability.
Jun 7, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
On this edition of Common Sense Digest, we take a deep dive into a major law unique to Colorado, and why it is relevant today, nearly three decades after being voted in by Coloradans in 1992. That’s right, we’re discussing the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, commonly referred to as TABOR.