By: Rebecca Bennett Today at Youth In Government we had the honor of listening to guest speaker Polly Lawrence, an American politician of the Republican party and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She has represented District 39 since 2013. She has served five years in the Colorado House of Representatives. Her first…
By: Phillip M. Montero Matthews Senate Bill 2-206 aims to provide a foundation budget for each individual student enrolled at a respective school. In the text of section 1 line 1, a foundation budget is defined as, “being adequate spending level for a school based on an equitable combination of local property taxes and state…
By:Mary Goodwin House Bill 4-407 pertains school equal school funding, which requires all schools in Colorado to receive equal funds based on an area’s population. This bill would require funding to be equal for every school in Colorado based on population, not their property value. The way the schools are being funded now is affecting…
By Jorja Whyte Gun control is perhaps one of the most widely debated topics throughout the state, nation, and even the world. In a society, where gun violence and mass shootings are at an all time high, government officials across the state have proposed controversial solutions to put a stop to the rising death tolls…
By: Darian Macias House Bill 3-303, an act to insure ten square feet of space per chicken, initiated to give the chicken a more comfortable space for their living conditions. The bill stated that keeping hens in a very limited space such, “small confined battery cages,” and not allowing them to be themselves is, “inhumane.”…
We already know that YIG provides curious and active students from all over the state of Colorado the opportunity to come to the capitol building, sit where our senators and House representatives sit, and simulate the reality of working in government. But how authentic of an experience is it? If the students participating in this…
By: Yessica Ramos Senate Bill 1-102 is an act to ban private companies and non governmental organizations from participating in immigration detention in the state of Colorado. According to the bill and Definition of NGO, a Non-Governmental Organization, is a nonprofit organization regulated by volunteers at the local, national, and or international level. The purpose…
