Author: Claire Levy
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OPINION | A couple of bills to boost affordable housing — without a tax hike
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Claire Levy If you follow the news or talk to your neighbors, you know Colorado is in the midst of an affordable-housing crisis. The health and well-being of individual Colorado families is at risk as the cost of housing forces them to live in unhealthy homes, prevents them from having a stable place to live,…
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The state’s economy isn’t working for many workers
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Claire Levy Colorado has much to celebrate: Our economy has diversified to attract new industries and has become a magnet for highly educated, creative people. Over a hundred thousand new jobs were created in Colorado in 2017 and unemployment is at a historic low. While these measures sound good on paper, they don’t tell the…
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Levy: Let’s build an economy that works for everyone
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What should an economic recovery look like in Colorado? Is it a period of prosperity during which everyone in the state has a chance to work, build their economic security and provide for their families’ needs? Or is it a time when peoples’ wages stagnate, Coloradans struggle to make ends meet and only those in…
