colorado fiscal institute
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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method
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While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
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Colorado Fiscal Institute names Kathy White as new executive director
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The Colorado Fiscal Institute announced Monday that its board has selected Kathy White, its deputy director since 2012, to become the next executive director. White will replace Carol Hedges, who founded the left-of-center institute and was its only executive director. Hedges retired in December. “I’m excited to lead CFI into its next phase at this…
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FEEDBACK | Assist in funding child care, yes — but not with tax credits
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While I agree families who are trying to afford the rapidly-increasing cost of child care in Colorado need additional help, I disagree with Kelly Sloan’s suggested policy solution (“Time has come for child-care savings accounts in Colorado,” Aug. 6). Though he seems to oppose public support for struggling Colorado families, he contradicts himself by proposing…
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Colo. House Democrats eye late overhaul on transportation
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With a week left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats are poised to introduce a major overhaul to a transportation bill that passed the state Senate unanimously more than a month ago. The change is significant. Rather than asking for permission to borrow $3.5 billion and repay it with $250 million a year from…
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Denver League of Women Voters: Let’s talk TABOR
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They’re calling the event “Another look at TABOR” – as in 1992’s voter-enacted Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights – because of course it won’t be the first time skeptics of the epic tax-limiting provision in the Colorado Constitution have eyed it in hopes of changing it. And while the March 19 forum, announced in a news…
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Bell Policy Center asks Colorado lawmakers to ‘stop digging’ for tax cuts, transportation
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Two left-leaning policy think tanks in Denver are calling out the Colorado legislature to put people over roads in transportation and tax-cut bills. “Colorado is one of the strongest state economies in the country, it’s in a ‘hole’ when it comes to funding the public supports that help many Colorado families and communities thrive,” states…
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Stiffler: Pot revenue no panacea for state budget
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If you found a $20 bill while walking down the street, would you then decide to quit your job? Most likely, you’d just consider yourself mildly more fortunate than you were before finding the twenty. Sure, you’d have lunch paid for that day, but you’d still understand that you would need to keep getting up…
