Voters: Do you know your local judges better or worse than these complete strangers from another country? Whether we know them or not, voters have the chance to vote on retaining them in office, and judges can be removed through this process! So, we all get to the part of the ballot [...]
Eyes on the prize, not on the sideshows! Forget about personalities for a moment. The President of the United States has very specific powers under the U.S. Constitution and numerous responsibilities according to long-established practices, no matter who holds the office. These are some of the major Presidential and Vice Presidential duties [...]
They call it "The People's House," because at the bare minimum every U.S. citizen has a Representative in Congress. In theory, that means we can all provide input, though in reality, it's not so easy to get through to people representing districts of 800,000 people! The U.S. House of Representatives is one [...]
Members of the Colorado General Assembly spend tons of time debating bills at the State Capitol, but they're also elected to represent their geographic districts. Colorado’s General Assembly is also known as the state legislature. There are two chambers in the bicameral General Assembly – the House of Representatives and the Senate. [...]
This image is from the CU-Boulder campus, but the Board of Regents oversee the entire CU system with its $6 billion budget. The University of Colorado Board of Regents oversees the University of Colorado system, which includes the CU-Boulder campus, the CU-Denver campus, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and the University of Colorado [...]
Between lopsided voter registration numbers and other factors, it’s been very difficult for Republicans to win races for Boulder County government positions in recent years. In 2024, there are races for four Boulder County seats, but in two of them there is only one candidate, from the Democratic Party. I don’t intend to write [...]
We don't really use little red schoolhouses anymore, and the educational environment has gotten more complex as well. That's what we have the State Board of Education for! The Colorado State Board of Education is the elected oversight board for the Colorado Department of (K-12) Education. There are nine members of the [...]