By April M. Washington, Rocky Mountain News
February 1, 2007
A battle erupted Wednesday over a bill that would require public school students to be proficient in English to graduate from high school.
Democrats, many of them retired teachers, gave freshman Democratic Sen. Chris Romer a tongue-lashing, calling his measure an unfunded mandate that would force school districts […]

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A fitting tribute to military
Several dozen veterans and active military members in uniform packed the House floor Wednesday for military appreciation day.
“We live in the land of the free because of the brave,” Sen. Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, said in one of several rousing speeches.
There was plenty of humor too.

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