Round-Up: CO challenges education ruling; Bruce convicted

By On December 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Bente Birkeland, Capitol Coverage, Education, KRCC News, Legal, Round-Up, Taxes

Colorado is appealing a district court decision that says the state’s lack of funding for K-12 schools is unconstitutional…and, jurors deliberated for less than four hours before returning a guilty verdict against Douglas Bruce today.

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