Advance Colorado Rundown

Michael Fields interviews Dustin Zvonek, former Mayor Pro Tem of Aurora, one of the most diverse cities in the U.S. They discuss the homelessness epidemic and various attempts to solve it, diving into Aurora's current work-first plan to provide job training, resources, and a place to stay for the homeless in their city. Visit: AdvanceColorado.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Kristi Burton Brown interviews Vincent Atchity, CEO of Mental Health Colorado and Wendy Buxton-Andrade, VP of Government Affairs at Mental Health Colorado. They discuss key issues across the state that impact mental health like fentanyl, community response teams, suicide rates, and issues at school. AdvanceColorado.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advance Colorado President Michael Fields and Executive VP Kristi Burton Brown discuss crime bills that have been proposed in the 2025 legislative session. They tackle the House Judiciary Committee's pro-criminal bent as well as topics like PR bond reform, sanctuary state status, retail theft, and a shocking bill that would remove the crime of attempted first degree murder. AdvanceColorado.org See...

9News Business expert Ryan Frazier joins Advance Colorado President Michael Fields to discuss the overall business environment in Colorado -- including how the state has fallen in important rankings, critical housing needs, and the plight of restaurants in Denver.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown gives a brief history and explanation of Colorado's unique taxpayer protection: the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. This revenue cap limits the state government's ability to spend taxpayer dollars and requires refunds to be sent to Coloradans when the government collects beyond the limit.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown interviews Advance Policy Analyst Michael Tsogt about the newest policy report: What You Pay in Colorado. Fees paid by taxpayers totaled over $23 billion in FY2023, and it's clear the legislature is abusing the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Find out more in this episode. https://advancecolorado.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown interviews Cole Anderson, Research Analyst at Common Sense Institute, about the rising administrative spending in Colorado public schools. The percent of education dollars for teacher salaries continues to decline, while admin spending is increasing -- even at schools that are losing students. Cole explains the facts and data and shows...

MOVING COLORADO FORWARD  -- Advance Colorado President Michael Fields and Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown discuss Advance Colorado's 2025 legislative agenda on crime, education, economic and mental health issues.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE YEAR AHEAD  -- Advance Colorado President Michael FIelds and Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown discuss what's ahead in Colorado politics and the Legislature in  2025.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advance Colorado President Michael Fields and Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown recap a year of successes for the center right on property taxes, public safety, legislative accountability and many more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FIGHTING THE WAR ON CRIME -- George Brauchler, former 18th Judicial District District Attorney,  joins Advance Colorado Vice President Sean Duffy to discus how Colorado can take common-sense steps to cut the state's high crime rate.  Visit Our Website - http://advancecolorado.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BACK THE BLUE  -- Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly joins Advance Colorado's Sean Duffy to discuss how the specifics of Proposition 130 -- Back The Blue -- can help support law enforcement, reduce crime and provide a $1 million death benefit for families of first responders killed in the line of duty. Visit The Advance Colorado Website #BackTheBlue See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Why School Choice Matters  -- Dr. Brenda Dickhoner, CEO of Ready Colorado joins Advance Colorado's Sean Duffy to discuss the importance of preserving Coloradans' school choice rights in the state constitution -- and the current threats to those rights across the state.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SPOTLIGHT ON CRIME IN COLORADO  -- Michael Allen, district attorney for the 4th Judicial District (El Paso & Teller counties) joins Executive Vice President Krist Burton Brown to discuss w wide range of crime problems in Colorado  including juvenile crime and the scourge of fentanyl.   They also discuss anti-crime ballot measures including one that would prohibit first-degree murder suspects f...

Why Colorado Needs Education Reform  -- Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown is joined by Dr. Debora Scheffel, Dean of the School of Education at Colorado Christian University, a State Board of Education member and Advance Colorado's Fellow in Education Reform to discuss the state of education in Colorado and why reforms are urgently needed to help all students succeed.  See omnystudio.com...

Combatting Colorado's Crime Wave  -- Advance Colorado President Michael Fields and Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown join Sean Duffy to discuss Advance Colorado's ballot initiatives that will toughen Colorado's efforts to combat Colorado's rising crime rate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Citizens' Tax Cut  -- Advance Colorado President Michael Fields and Vice President Sean Duffy discuss the group's Citizens' Tax Cut -- which will cut and cap property taxes.   They also discuss how liberals are freaking out about how popular the plan is among taxpayers statewide.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colorado 'Devastated' By Fentanyl  -- Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown discusses the new film "Devastated: Colorado's Fentanyl Disaster" with Steffan Tubbs, the film's director and longtime Denver journalist and talk show host.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Protect Our School Choice Rights in the State Constitution  -- Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown  and Vice President Sean Duffy discuss an important ballot initiative to protect our existing school choice rights by placing them in our state Constitution.   Click Here to visit the website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WHAT'S UP WITH OUR PROPERTY TAXES?  -- Advance Colorado's  President Michael Fields and Vice President Sean Duffy discuss the group's  Citizens' Tax Cu t plan to cut and cap property taxes and the Legislature's last minute property tax bill that fell well short of real reform. Click Here To Visit Advance Colorado See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WHY ACADEMIC STANDARDS MATTER -- Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown is joined by Dan Snowberger, Superintendent of the Elizabeth School District for a discussion on the importance of academic standards.  Visit AdvanceColorado.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PROTECTING COLORADO'S ENERGY FUTURE -- Kristi Pollard, Executive Director of the Colorado Strong Business Alliance is joined by Dan Haley, President and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) to discuss legislative efforts that threaten the future of Colorado's energy economy -- and how the industry fought back to save thousands of quality jobs.  Colorado Oil & Gas Association - ht...

WHY CHARTER SCHOOLS MATTER --  Kristi Pollard, Executive Director of the Colorado Strong Business Alliance talks with prominent Colorado education reformer Yazmin Navarro on legislative threats to school choice including charter public schools.  https://advancecolorado.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On location at the State Capitol, Kristi Pollard, Executive Director of Colorado Strong Business Alliance speaks with Sen. Byron Pelton (R-1) about troublesome legislation that would remove local land use control over the siting of renewable energy projects.   This overreach threatens to eliminate the input from local citizens, and protections provided to neighbors of these proposed projects -- in...

Kristi Burton Brown welcomes Jim Manley, State Legal Policy Deputy Director at Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) to discuss the problem of home equity theft.   PLF has been working on ending home equity theft for 10 years and won the unanimous SCOTUS decision striking it down last summer. Jim has been working with Colorado legislators this session on a bill to remove home equity theft from our laws....