Good morning. Here's a look at news reports from around the state on issues of interest to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy for Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
SELF SUFFICIENCY
Greeley Tribune: Report: Children in poverty increased 31 percent in Weld
The number of children living in poverty in Weld County increased 31 percent between 2000 and 2008, according to the annual Kids Count report released Tuesday.
Also: Pueblo Chieftain: Childhood poverty increases in state
Also: Colorado Springs Gazette: Report: Colorado has fastest-growing child poverty rate in U.S.
GENERAL
Loveland Reporter-Herald: Tancredo galvanizes local 912 group
As Tom Tancredo looked out to about 450 attendees of the Loveland 912 Project meeting Tuesday in Loveland, he thanked one man: John McCain.
Also: Grand Junction Sentinel: Tea partiers take stock of impact
Also: Craig Daily Press: County tea party plans protest
Denver Post editorial: Raising the bar on amending Colorado's constitution
Though details are still being worked out, we support making it harder to amend Colorado's constitution by initiative.
FISCAL POLICY
Fort Collins Coloradoan: Council cool to advertising at recreation facilities
The Fort Collins Senior Center is not likely to become the Budweiser Senior Center anytime soon.
Fort Collins Coloradoan commentary: Innovation opens door to tax increase
With the groundbreaking for the new Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative building on East Vine Drive, Fort Collins residents can now watch as $5.3 million from our general fund reserves takes a 20-year pleasure cruise around the world.
Colorado News Agency: How to provide transparency — with 80’s-era software
GOP lawmaker B.J. Nikkel of Berthoud sought to implement additional clarity today for Colorado’s financial transparency laws by creating an avenue to obtain public information that is currently withheld due to privacy concerns.
Denver Daily News: RTD nixes vote on sales tax increase, for now
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors decided at a special board meeting last night not to pursue a 2010 sales tax election for the FasTracks transit expansion program.
Boulder Daily Camera: Boulder council moves forward on lodging tax, cool on sales-tax extension
A proposal to increase Boulder's lodging tax gained steam Tuesday night, as the City Council indicated broad support for putting such a measure on the November ballot.
HEALTH POLICY
Colorado Springs Independent: Do no harm, former mayor says
Former Mayor Mary Lou Makepeace doesn't like the idea of selling city-owned Memorial Health System, and warned a panel studying the issue to proceed with caution.
Huffington Post Denver: Health Care Lawsuit: What Will it Cost Colorado?
Of primary concern to Colorado Ethics Watch is that Suthers entered the litigation on behalf of the state with little planning about how much it would cost or how to pay for it, leaving us to wonder what this effort will cost Colorado when all is said and done.
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