common sense policy roundtable
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Common Sense Policy Roundtable hires research leader for ‘critical’ Colorado issues
Diverse data in, the best policies out. That’s the view Chris Brown is bringing to Colorado from Washington, D.C., next month. Brown was in Denver this week looking for a house before he officially becomes the director of policy and research for the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, the right-leaning “free market” think tank. While CSPR isn’t…
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Conservative group sounds alarm over health care’s rapidly rising share of Colorado state budget
Colorado’s state budget has jumped by more than 19 percent over the last decade, measured in constant dollars, a free-market think tank says in a report delivered at the Capitol this week as lawmakers weigh next year’s budget. And nearly all of that increased spending has gone to health care, the study by the Common…
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Wright: Solving the affordable housing crisis
Colorado is facing an affordable housing crisis as both the demand and the cost of entry-level homes continues to skyrocket, while housing construction, particularly in the areas of condominiums, remains largely nonexistent. Some have argued the absence of affordable housing construction, which condominiums and starter single-family homes provide, is simply due to a lack of…
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Jack Graham resurfaces in Colorado politics universe
Jack Graham joined the board of the Common Sense Policy Roundtable. “Our state is facing a number of serious issues,” said Graham in a statement accompanying the news. “Finding common sense solutions that address health care, education and transportation is essential to the well-being of the citizens of Colorado and the protection of jobs and…
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Zitti: A forced minimum wage increase is risky business
When outside sources insert their agenda into other people’s business the results are often devastating. Among issues to be voted on this Nov. 8 is a minimum wage increase that will put the fate of many business owners and low-skilled job seekers in jeopardy. Put yourself in the shoes of a business owner. Your employees and the…