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Sept. 12, 2011

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Reporter tests how far a
food stamp budget will stretch

 

Family economic security
Colorado Springs Independent: No food for you!
So what's to gain from eating on $35.40 a week? For one thing, understanding.


Fiscal policy
Denver Post commentary: Keeping higher education within reach for all
Students returning to Colorado high schools have something in common beyond shaking off summer rust. Many are looking to the future, considering how they will prepare for and pay for higher education.

Denver Post editorial: More unionized workers would be a bigger burden for city's budget
The latest effort to unionize more Denver government workers would likely lead to an increase in taxes or decreases in services.

Colorado Springs Gazette editorial: 'Jobs Act' is just more big spending
Jobs are created by the private sector and nothing Obama said will inspired anyone to get busy with activities that create jobs. If the Jobs Act becomes law, Americans will be even more likely to hunker down and guard their cash.

Steamboat Today: Steamboat School Board weighs support of tax increase
Proposition 103 would raise an estimated $2.9 billion for public schools in Colorado by raising state income and sales taxes.


Health care
Colorado Springs Gazette: Health exchange committees under way
Colorado's controversial health care exchange system is nowhere near being up and running, but the two committees that will run it are. Including mention of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy's concerns over industry representation on the Health Benefit Exchange Board. 

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