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Pain of Colorado poor
likely to be felt in classrooms
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Family economic security
Colorado Public News via Colorado Springs Gazette: Pain of Colorado poor likely to be felt in classrooms
Generally, Colorado's new poor are more likely to be people living in your midst, says Kraig Burleson, CEO of the Inner City Health Center in Denver. "It's not just the classic model of what you think of as poor," Burleson said. "It's your neighbors. It's the recently unemployed. It's just a different population than people think."
Glenwood Springs Post-Independent: Relaxed housing rules before county commissioners
Garfield County commissioners are scheduled to have a public hearing this afternoon on their proposal to relax the county's affordable housing rules as an incentive to kick start the lagging housing construction market.
Fiscal policy
The Durango Herald: Public to be in the dark about state budget talks?
Although legislators talk to each other in private on a daily basis, it is rare for Joint Budget Committee members to avoid a scheduled public meeting and convene in private.
The Denver Post: Colorado teachers unions under fire for taxpayer subsidies from school districts
"This impacts student achievement. People don't understand the value of our role in helping the district function," said Beverly Ingle, president of the Colorado Education Association.
Health care
Denver Post commentary: The angels at Denver Health
Someday, I suspect, doctors and patients will face constraints on their choices as the country tries to steer clear of financial free-fall. But on this particular late afternoon in December, such predictions bore me. Sometimes you just want to salute a job well done, even if the final chapter isn't quite in sight.
Colorado Springs Business Journal: UCH wins votes of non-voting task force members
While none of the city council members announced their intentions at this morning's Memorial Health System meeting, the non-voting members unanimously picked University of Colorado Hospital.
The national scene
Washington Post: Payroll tax cut extension in doubt amid House Republican uproar
The fate of a payroll tax cut extension backed by the White House and overwhelmingly passed by the Senate is uncertain after a restive House Republican conference expressed displeasure with the two-month deal.
Bloomberg News: Obama Health-Insurance Decision Passes Political 'Hot Potato' to States
The Obama administration avoided a potentially brutal lobbying battle over the medical benefits insurers must cover under the U.S. health-care overhaul when it decided last week to hand the decision off to states.
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