by Colleen Enos Friday, January 16th, Day Three of the legislative session, began in a manner that seemed to promote general agreement in the Colorado House of Representatives. Since the upcoming Monday, January 19th, was Martin Luther King Jr. Day...
Colorado’s School Immunizations Update, December 2025: No Change for Homeschool Families
by Colleen Enos Some homeschool families may be concerned about the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) meeting that occurred on Wednesday, December 17th, regarding implementation of the legislature’s directive in...
Education Spending Up and Polis Opts In
by Colleen Enos, CHEC Director of Government Relations With Christmas right around the corner, we are all shopping in earnest. This flurry of activity makes us focus on our budget and how much we can spend on all that Christmas cheer. We are...
Colorado Families Speak
by Colleen Enos The Government Shutdown in our nation is now over as of last Wednesday, November 12. Our military, TSA workers, air traffic controllers, and federal workers are beginning to receive their paychecks that were due last month. In...
Vote! School Boards and Keeping Your TABOR Refund
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ... That to secure these rights,...
How Special Was That Session?
by Colleen Enos Last Wednesday, on September 10th, we witnessed a political assassination. A young, courageous conservative was murdered in cold blood on the campus of Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was engaging...
Just Stop Digging!
by Colleen Enos, CHEC Director of Government Relations You can almost smell the school supplies in the air as all families with school-age children or university students start scheduling their year and make the annual trek back to campus or begin...
Is the One Big Bill Really Beautiful?
by Colleen Enos, CHEC Director of Government Relations By now, everyone has heard about the passage of HR1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, by our Federal Congress. President Trump signed the bill into law on the 4th of July, before the fireworks...







