Partisan dynamics at the Capitol
still shaking out
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General
Denver Post editorial: Sharing power at the
Capitol
With Republicans possibly taking
back the House, Colorado will be stronger if lawmakers consider
bipartisan solutions.
Also: Denver Daily News: House Dems dispute GOP
control
Also: Colorado Pols: CO Legislative
Balance Still Uncertain
Health care
Colorado Springs Business
Journal: Commission votes for
stand-alone, nonprofit status for Memorial
Memorial Health System is now one
step closer to independence. The citizens' commission charged with
determining its future voted unanimously to recommend the system
become a stand-alone, nonprofit system.
Fiscal
policy
Colorado Springs Gazette: Peyton officials
wonder why voters gave up 'free' money
Peyton School District 23-JT
administrators are scratching their heads as to why voters
apparently narrowly defeated a $3 million bond issue that would
have made possible a new 14,000-square-foot school wing without a
tax increase.
Craig Daily Press: Moffat County
officials express relief on defeat of 'ugly 3'
"'Relief' is an understatement,"
said Joe Petrone, Moffat County School District superintendent. "I
think many of us were relieved that the majority of those that
voted in Moffat County and across our great state understood the
negative impacts these ballot initiatives would have had on
education and other governmental entities."
Longmont Times-Call: BoCo proposals appear
to have passed
Both of Boulder County's tax
proposals gained voter approval, according to unofficial election
results the County Clerk and Recorder's Office posted online
Wednesday morning. That, however, may not be the last word on the
fate of the two measures -- a property-tax increase and a sales-tax
increase - since several thousand additional ballots may yet be
included in Boulder County's official tally before election results
must be certified by Nov. 19.
Jobs and economic
security
Loveland Reporter-Herald: Loveland's lodging tax
nets more than expected
Nine months into its first year,
Loveland's lodging tax is on track to generate as much as $80,000
more than city officials had projected. |
