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Health
care The Denver Post:Colorado stands
against anti-health-reform tide In an election when ill will over
federal health care reform was a driving force behind a national
anti-incumbent surge, a state amendment designed to blunt the
effects of that reform was bucking the trend Tuesday night. With
the majority of votes tallied, Amendment 63 was failing, with just
over 53 percent of voters rejecting the idea. Also: Denver Daily News:Voters reject
anti-'ObamaCare' measure
Pueblo Chieftain editorial:A fraud Remember when President Barack Obama
and his ObamaCare acolytes claimed the medical takeover by the feds
would "bend down the cost curve" of health insurance? That was a
fraud. All over the country, insurance rates are rising because of
the many mandates in the poorly thought out
legislation.
General The Denver Post:Tougher bail limits
nixed as prelude to more packed jails Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected
an effort that would require more criminal defendants to put up
cash to secure their pretrial release from jail.
Jobs and economic
security The Denver Post: More than 1,300 Mesa foreclosures
filed in '10 Mesa County officials say more than
1,300 home foreclosures have been filed so far this year, already
surpassing the total for all of last year.
