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Nov 24, 2009

Number of children in poverty rises as fiscal knot tightens

Colorado's fiscal policies have largely abandoned the state's growing number of children in poverty. That is the conclusion of Leaving Children Behind: How Colorado's Fiscal Policies Hurt Our Most Vulnerable Citizens, a recent report by the Colorado Children's Campaign.

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Nov 20, 2009

Colleges find success in transfers to four-year colleges

Two-year colleges that are successful in helping their students transfer to four-year institutions share three important characteristics, according to a new report from the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education. The three characteristics are:

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Nov 18, 2009

Poor, middle class hit harder on taxes, study finds

A study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy finds that, "by an overwhelming margin, most states tax their middle- and low-income families far more heavily than the wealthy."

"The harsh reality is that most states require their poor and middle-income taxpayers to pay the most taxes as a share of income," said Matthew Gardner, lead author of Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States.

The study contains fact sheets for each state. For Colorado, the study found:

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Nov 13, 2009

Proposed initiatives could lock in recession in Colorado

Two proposed ballot initiatives that would blow a gaping hole through everything the state funds – from our public schools and community colleges to our roads and bridges and even our child welfare services – are now just a step away from making it on to next year's General Election ballot.

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Nov 13, 2009

Join the conversation on health care access in Colorado

Colorado Voices for Coverage is exactly that – a conversation, a sharing of ideas, goals, opinions and research, all aimed at increasing access to quality, affordable health care in Colorado.

The organization will hold its annual conference Dec. 3 at the Colorado History Museum. The Bell works with the lead organizations in Colorado Voices for Coverage, along with many others, on issues related to increasing access to health care.

The theme of the conference is "Creating Solutions: The Future of Health Care in America."

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