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Colorado lawmakers pledge $100 million for child care

With just over a year until Colorado begins providing free preschool to 4-year-olds statewide, state lawmakers want to inject $100 million into efforts to beef up the early childhood workforce and create... Read more »

Denver students push sustainability policies

Denver Public Schools has one electric school bus, solar panels in 46 locations, and 126 school and community gardens. But students are pushing the district to do more and become a national... Read more »

Why freezing the Arctic Council is bad news for global security

For the past quarter-century, the Arctic has been a unique zone of cooperation among the eight countries of the high north: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia and the United States. Even when... Read more »

Despite opposition, Pennsylvania Medicaid contracts keep unionization language

As Medicaid contracts are worked out to take effect in the summer, draft language remains unchanged that could compel unionization in some Pennsylvania health systems. As The Center Square previously reported, the HealthChoices... Read more »

Black children hurt by structure of Pa. preschool programs, study says

Pre-pandemic, Black children in Pennsylvania had less access to high-quality preschool than white children, according to a new report. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University found that this disparity was due primarily to... Read more »

Colorado lawmakers propose increased funding for housing, homeless support

Democratic lawmakers rolled out a new legislative package aimed at increasing housing and homeless support services on Monday. The package would spend $200 million to provide workforce support options, increased mental and behavioral... Read more »

Colorado free preschool bill poised to become law

Tuition-free preschool for Colorado 4-year-olds moved a step closer to fruition Thursday with a key vote in the state Senate, marking one of the last hurdles before Gov. Jared Polis signs the... Read more »

Colorado Senate approves bill implementing universal preschool

The Colorado Senate gave its final approval to a bill on Thursday that will implement universal preschool across the state. Once signed into law, House Bill 22-1295 will reorganize the newly-created Department of Early... Read more »

How climate change stresses plants and alters their growth

Plants that inhabit the Earth have the incredible ability to grow continually for hundreds of years, and always towards the light of the sun, which provides them with the necessary energy to... Read more »

Pennsylvania 42nd in COVID-19 policy response

A new paper measuring the economic and health trajectories of states during the pandemic calls into question the wisdom of more-restrictive policies to preserve public health. “A Final Report Card on the... Read more »