The Rocky Mountain News reports that Colorado has tabled legislation to make it easier to fire tenured faculty:  Tenure Issue Off the Books; State Universities’ Prof Review Policies Stay as Law Defeated:

Lawmakers voted down a bill Tuesday that would have made it easier for tenured professors to be fired, saying it was an overreaction to University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill and would harm the state’s ability to recruit top faculty. "Just because we’re disappointed at the progress and amount of time it’s taken (to resolve the Churchill case) . . . I don’t think that gives us the right as legislators to put something in statute that affects every professor in this state," said Rep. Judy Solano, D-Brighton.

(Hat Tip:  Inside Higher Ed.)  For more press and blogosphere coverage, see:

• Don’t Link Tenure Review to Politics; Legislation Correctly Killed, but Discussion Should Continue
• King’s Tenure Bill "Returned to Sender"
• Lawmakers Kill Bill To Ease Path To Fire Professor
• Professor Evaluations Shot Down; Critics Say Defeated Bill Would Have Hurt Colleges
• Tenure, Meet Term Limits
• Tenure-Reform Bill Gets the Ax
• Tenured Professors in Colorado Remain Protected