Advance Colorado Rundown: Recent Episodes
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Kristi Burton Brown interviews Rep. Rose Pugliese, the House Minority Leader. She details key battles waged in the House this session -- including the fight over parental rights -- and the successful passage of a new law that will offer the ability for terminal patients to choose experimental medical treatments.
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Kristi Burton Brown interviews Senator Barb Kirkmeyer, a member of the Joint Budget Committee. Sen. Kirkmeyer details what led to the state's budget crisis this year, attacks on TABOR, and also looks at what's on the horizon as additional budget and spending problems still loom for Colorado.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 that the results are not promising for our children.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 from being released on bond.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WHAT'S UP WITH OUR PROPERTY TAXES? -- Advance Colorado's President Michael Fields and Vice President Sean Duffy discuss the group's Citizens' Tax Cut plan to cut and cap property taxes and the Legislature's last minute property tax bill that fell well short of real reform.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 -- including farms and ranches.
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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.
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Join Kristi Pollard with the Colorado Strong Business Alliance and Ted Leighty, President and CEO for the Colorado Homebuilders Association, as they discuss SB 24-106 which will help to reform the challenges with construction liability litigation and allow for more affordable housing to be built in Colorado. Learn more about why the construction of condos in Colorado has virtually halted due to frivolous lawsuits and contractors’ liability insurance spiking and what role you can play in helping to solve Colorado’s affordable housing crisis.
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Advance Colorado Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown talks school the latest in school safety with Tim Kistler, former Superintendent of the Peyton School District.
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Advance Colorado President Michael FIelds and Executive Vice President Kristi Burton Brown sit down with Sean Duffy to discuss the Advance Colorado 2024 Policy Agenda.
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Advance Colorado vice-president Sean Duffy sits down with George Brauchler to discuss the Colorado Free Enterprise report recently released by Common Sense Institute - specifically the area relating to public safety.
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Join Kristi Burton Brown and Rep. Rose Pugliese as they preview the upcoming legislative special session after the epic defeat of Prop HH.
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Join Kristi Burton Brown and Dr. Corey DeAngelis as they discuss the importance of school choice and ways parents can get more involved in their student's education.
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Kristi Burton Brown, Senior Policy Advisor for Advance Colorado, joins Michael to discuss why Coloradans should vote against Proposition HH this year.
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Ted Leighty with the Colorado Association of Home Builders joins Michael to discuss the Governor's recent executive order on housing after SB 213 failed to pass last legislative session.
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"Glenn Farley and Chris Brown with the Common Sense Institute talk with Michael about their study comparing Colorado's and Arizona's business policies."
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Join Kristi Burton Brown and Pueblo City Councilwoman Regina Maestri as they discuss the importance of local control and local solutions.
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Join Kristi Burton Brown and special guest Congresswoman Boebert as they discuss what is happening in Congress and bills that affect Coloradans.
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Join Kristi Burton Brown and guest Ken Witt, Superintendent for the Woodland Park School District, as they discuss school choice and the importance of parental involvement in our schools.
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State Senator Barb Kirkmeyer joins Michael to discuss the 2023 legislative session. They talk about property taxes, zoning, and education.
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Congressman Ken Buck joins Michael and Kristi Burton Brown to talk about his book Crushed: Big Tech's War on Free Speech
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Matt Mauro, FOX31 Denver anchor and host of the weekly political show Point of View, joins Michael to talk about covering politics in Colorado.
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John Fabbricatore, the former Denver Field Office Director for ICE, joins Michael to talk about the border, immigration, and the drug crisis in Colorado.
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Dan Rubinstein, the District Attorney for the 21st Judicial District, joins Michael to talk about crime in Colorado and his work on the CCJJ’s Sentencing Reform Task Force.
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Jason Gaulden, Education Fellow with the Common Sense Institute, joins Michael to discuss their new study on improving Colorado's school transportation system.
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State Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen joins Michael to talk about the priorities that conservative legislators will have during the 2023 legislative session.
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Jonathan Finer with Ready Colorado joins Michael to talk about the education landscape in Colorado
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El Paso County Commissioner Carrie Geitner joins Michael to talk about local government in Colorado
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Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis joins George and Michael to talk about the impacts of Colorado's Paid Medical and Family Leave Program.
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George and Michael discuss the 2022 Colorado statewide ballot measures.
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Matt Crane, Executive Director of the CO County Clerks Association, joins George and Michael to talk about ranked choice voting and what we need to know about Colorado's election system
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Former County Commissioner Rose Pugliese joins George and Michael to talk about her experience in local government and what reforms she thinks are needed at the state level
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Common Sense Institute's Senior Economist Steven Byers joins George and Michael to talk about the skyrocketing cost of housing in Colorado.
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Former Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson joins George and Michael to talk about the elections process in Colorado
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Douglas County Assessor Lisa Frizell joins Michael to talk about property taxes in Colorado and what changes need to happen as housing values continue to skyrocket
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Michael and George interview Earl Wright, Chairman of the Board for AMG National Trust Bank and Co-Founder of Common Sense Institute about the Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA)--the challenges and opportunities for a solvent retirement plan for its 630,000+ members.
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Chris Brown with Common Sense Institute joins George and Michael to talk about inflation and the cost of this year's legislative session.
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District Attorney John Kellner of Colorado's 18th Judicial District joins George Brauchler.
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Rep Colin Larson joins George and Michael for a legislative session wrap-up. They talk property taxes, fentanyl, and education.
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Weld County Commissioner Scott James talks with Michael and George about the legislative effort to mandate collective bargaining for county employees throughout Colorado.
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Michael And George interview Dave Davia, a successful member of the business community who has 20 years of passionate commitment to addressing Colorado’s growing homeless issue. Dave discusses what we are doing now, what works and what has not, as well as what we need to do to better tackle this important and complicated issue.
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Senator Jerry Sonnenberg joins George and Michael to talk about why he joined the gas tax lawsuit - and why he's sponsoring a bill on hospital visitations.
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State Senator Paul Lundeen joins George and Michael to give an update on what's happening during the 2022 session at the Colorado Capitol and what's still to come in the final 5 weeks
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George and Michael talk with Ben Murrey - Director of Fiscal Policy at The Independence Institute about the Democrats in the CO State Legislature saying they want to save Coloradans money, yet killing multiple bills aimed at doing just that, trying to retain Tabor refunds, etc.
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George and Michael talk to Dave Olesky - Assistant Special Agent in Charge at The Drug Enforcement Administration about the growing and deadly issue of Fentanyl in Colorado and what the DEA is doing to combat the problem.
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Michael and George learn about a newly released study concerning Colorado's property tax explosion and a new ballot proposal that my help to address it. Special guest, Mike Kopp, veteran of the Army, Colorado legislature, and now leading Colorado Concern as the Executive Director joins them for this exciting conversation.
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Michael and George discuss the good bills that have already been killed under The Gold Dome, and legislation yet to come in the back half of the 2022 legislative session.
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George and Michael talk about the conservative vision for education in Colorado with Dr. Brenda Dickhoner – President and CEO of the education advocacy group Ready Colorado
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Michael and George learn about Dan Burrows' lawsuit challenging the Constitutionality of the state's campaign finance limitations, as well as a discussion of the legislature's refusal to order an audit of the state government's conduct surrounding the misspending of $90 million and death of 1100 nursing home deaths.
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George and Michael talk with Aurora City Councilman Dustin Zvonek about the Democrat plan to unionize state employees.
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Michael and George discuss the Common Sense Institute report on the Crime wave in Colorado
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Michael Fields and George Brauchler are joined by Colorado House Minority Leader Hugh McKean to discuss the 2022 legislative session and what to expect from the GOP and what to look out for from the Dems.
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