Some question makeup of state's  

health insurance exchange board 

Health care
The Denver Post: Some question makeup of Colorado's new health-insurance exchange board
A consumer group called for a member of the new state health insurance exchange board to resign Monday, and the author of legislation creating the exchange said she was unhappy with the board's makeup, casting shadows over a first meeting. Including comment from Colorado Center on Law and Policy Health Care Program Director Elisabeth Arenales.
Also: Health Policy Solutions: Industry-heavy health board a violation of law, consumer groups say. Including comment from Arenales.
Also: Denver Business Journal: Consumer groups want health exchange board member off panel


Jobs and economic security
Denver Post editorial: Sick-leave ballot issue is ill timed
Forcing Denver businesses to offer sick leave to employees would put the city at a competitive disadvantage for jobs at a time when Denver can ill afford it.

Salida Mountain Mail: Unemployment remains below statewide rate
Chaffee County unemployment remains below the statewide rate and those of several surrounding counties despite a slight increase in the seasonally unadjusted numbers from April to May.


Fiscal policy
Summit Daily News: Push to re-fund education lands in Summit County
Summit County was Sen. Rollie Heath's stop on his week-long "Ballot or Bust" tour of the West Slope, an effort meant to gain support for putting a sales and income tax increase on the November state-wide ballot. Including comment from Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute Director Carol Hedges.

Pueblo Chieftain: State's computers out-of-date
The 20-year-old computer system at the core of almost every government accounting function in the state of Colorado is out-of-date and at ever-increasing risk of crashing and crippling the state's financial reporting operations, according to an audit released on Monday.

The Colorado Independent: Udall, Bennet renew calls for bipartisan debt deal
Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall have been among the more outspoken critics of the partisanship that seems to grip the nation's capitol every time the words "debt" "deficit" or "spending cap" come up.

Glenwood Springs Post-Independent: Study: dense downtowns = higher tax yield
A new economic study commissioned by a regional land planning institute says local governments have the potential to get more bang for their tax-return buck down on Main Street than at the big-box retail centers.

Aurora Sentinel: Aurora council members back off asking for tax extension
Since the issue first came up about three months ago, council members have not been able to agree on which quality-of-life issues they would fund if voters did approve tax levies to generate about $5.8 million per year.

Loveland Reporter-Herald: Loveland council will ponder TABOR override
Loveland finance managers hope that history rules the day if city councilors follow their advice to put a measure on the Nov. 1 ballot to override the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, or TABOR. In three citywide elections -- in 1994, 1999 and 2002 -- voters by large margins did just that, and $28 million in revenue that otherwise would not have been raised was spent on parks, streets and public safety projects.