Enrollment climbs in Colorado's high-risk
insurance pool
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Health care
The Denver Post: High-risk insurance pool enrollment picking up in
Colorado
Nearly 500 people in Colorado have
applied for the new high-risk health-insurance pool since the
program started in the state 10 weeks ago.
Fiscal
policy
Denver Post commentary: End the agriculture-land
hustle
Most real estate is assessed, for
tax purposes, at its market value. But agricultural land is
assessed at its production value, which is generally a lot lower.
That's because, unless you're growing marijuana, agriculture is a
low-margin business. And as Coloradans, we want farmers and
ranchers to stay in business because they provide the food we eat
as well as the open vistas we cherish. But the agricultural
designation can be abused.
Pueblo Chieftain editorial:
Kindest cuts
Leaders of the commission appointed
by President Barack Obama to recommend ways to pare the huge
budget deficit have -- surprise, surprise - come up with a list of
proposals that make a great deal of sense.
Fort Collins Coloradoan: $18M goes back into city of Fort
Collins budget
Fresh off the Election Day passage
of ballot item 2B - a 0.85 percent sales tax aimed at increasing
funding for city designated services - officials are prepared to
add back into the budget items that had been targeted to be cut to
make up for a projected $5.4 million revenue gap.
Colorado Statesman: State budget feeling the pinch
with end of federal dollars
Cuts to the 2011-12 budget show that
the state is beginning to cut into essential services, the result
of both the recession and the end of one-time federal dollars that
kept the budget balanced.
Aurora Sentinel editorial: Protected pork a bad deal for
taxpayers
One easy place to look for savings
in the next budget, and a place where lawmakers of both parties are
loathe to cut, is the U.S. Farm Bill. Despite an overwhelming
federal budget deficit, this ocean of money continues to swell. The
last farm bill approved pushed $300 billion. It's a bill that
causes problems here and all over the world.
Economic
self-sufficiency
Boulder Daily Camera
editorial: Fighting hunger, together
Hunger is our community's silent
disaster.
Denver Daily News: On the road to success?
Denver's Road Home homeless program
showing success despite recession.
Fort Collins Coloradoan: Colorado credit card debt ranks
second highest in nation
New numbers out show a staggering
number of people in Colorado carry an average of $8,700 in credit
card debt. They are startling numbers that put Colorado second in
the nation for credit card debt per person. |
