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On the Road to $1 Billion in Vehicles Stolen

Sep 15, 2022

Common Sense Digest proudly presents this special episode titled “On the Road to $1 Billion in Vehicles Stolen: The Data Trends Behind Colorado’s Motor Vehicle Theft Crisis.

Will Proposition 123 Help the Affordable Housing Issue in Colorado? featuring Peter LiFari and Chris Brown

Sep 15, 2022

Housing affordability is one of the hottest topics in Colorado, and is likely to remain so. On this November’s ballot Colorado voters will decide on the fate of Proposition 123, titled, “Dedicate Revenue for Affordable Housing.”

Dollars and Data: Education Funding and Achievement featuring Jason Gaulden and Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner Ph.D.

Sep 12, 2022

In this epsiode of Common Sense Digest Podcast, we discuss our declining public school student enrollment and achievement, even as local, state, and federal dollars continue to flow to Colorado school districts in ever-larger amounts.

The Impact of New Energy Codes on Colorado’s Fraught Housing Market Part 2

Aug 18, 2022

In Part 2 of the Common Sense Digest Podcast, we discuss the state of the Colorado housing market, the goals of recently passed energy code legislation, the increased costs those new codes will result in for builders, and what challenges exist in implementing them.

The Impact of New Energy Codes on Colorado’s Fraught Housing Market Part 1

Aug 17, 2022

In Part 1 of the Common Sense Digest Podcast, we discuss the state of the Colorado housing market, the goals of recently passed energy code legislation, the increased costs those new codes will result in for builders, and what challenges exist in implementing them.

SPECIAL EPISODE: Affordable and Accessible Child Care: Colorado’s Workforce Challenge

Jul 25, 2022

This special episode of Common Sense Digest is brought to you by Colorado Politics and the Denver Gazette and hosted by Common Sense Institute and EPIC.

SPECIAL EPISODE: Eggs & the Economy – Affordability

Jun 23, 2022

The following is a special episode of Common Sense Digest capture audio from CSI’s Eggs & The Economy held on June 21,2022.,

What Makes a Great City? featuring Mayor John Suthers and Councilman Dustin Zvonek

Jun 22, 2022

On this episode of Common Sense Digest, Host and Chairman Earl Wright welcomes Mayor of Colorado Springs John Suthers and Aurora City Councilman Dustin Zvonek to the show to discuss how each municipality is approaching the complex and intermingling challenges of housing affordability, homelessness, crime, economic opportunity and much more.

Unpacking the Colorado and Arizona Housing Markets with Glenn Farley and Steven Byers

Jun 2, 2022

Housing prices are frequently at the forefront of policy discussions because they impact so many other aspects of the economy. On this episode of Common Sense Digest, Host and Chairman Earl Wright welcomes CSI Arizona’s Director of Policy & Research Glenn Farley, CSI’s Senior Economist Steven Byers to discuss the housing markets in Arizona and Colorado, respectively.

The Wicked Problem of Fentanyl in Colorado featuring George Brauchler and Mitch Morrissey

Jun 2, 2022

In April of 2022, Common Sense Institute released a report titled Fentanyl’s Increasing Toll on the Colorado Economy which detailed the evolution of the opioid crisis, the 2019 legislation that exacerbated the problems of the opioid crisis, and highlighted the unique deadliness of fentanyl in particular.

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