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, June 2, 2010. Listing does not imply endorsement of the content.
GENERAL
The Denver Post: Race to the Top, round 2: Colorado touts push for improvement
Colorado's application for $175 million in the competitive Race to the Top education grant program includes goals the state hopes to accomplish by 2014 if it wins the money.
Also: Denver Daily News: The race is on — again
Also: Pueblo Chieftain: Colo. submits revised Race to Top application
Colorado Independent: Doug Bruce has got to leave his house eventually
In a high profile campaign finance trial taking place in Denver, Bruce has been fingered as the not-so-secret “Mr X” who authored three tax-slashing ballot initiatives, tampered with witnesses and illegally paid petition gatherers to secure signatures.
Also: Durango Herald: Search on for sponsors of tax-related measures
ECONOMIC SELF SUFFICIENCY
Denver Post editorial: City shouldn't rewrite affordable housing rules
Some residents who bought low-income units in Denver are asking officials to make it easier for them to sell their homes.
ECONOMY
The Denver Post: Colorado among top in workforce development
Colorado's use of private- public partnerships has placed it among the top states in the country when it comes to workforce development and training, according to a new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation.
Also: Denver Business Journal: Chamber report praises Colo.
Colorado Springs Gazette: Homebuilding improved during May while foreclosures dropped, reports show
Local homebuilders had a solid month in May, the latest in a string of better performances for the homebuilding industry.
Steamboat Today: Steamboat sales tax revenues drop to 5-year low
Although May 2009 and April 2006 were within $2,000 of this year’s April total, the month’s revenues of $907,743 represented a low the city hasn’t hit in five years. The preliminary April total represents a 5.6 percent decrease from sales tax revenues in April 2009.
FISCAL POLICY
Colorado News Agency: Seniors lose property-tax exemption–yet again
The senior homestead exemption for property taxes, amended into the state constitution by voters in 2000, has once again been put on hold through a bill signed into law by the governor last week. The move continues a succession of legislative flip-flops over whether to allow the exemption amid the state’s budgetary straits.
Durango Herald: Ballot-box budgeting stresses group
La Plata County government and Durango School District 9-R will lose millions of dollars if some tax-related measures on November's ballot pass, according to a recent analysis by The Bell Policy Center.
Sterling Journal Advocate: Sonnenberg says Dems killed jobs in legislative session
Sonnenberg said that despite the distractions, they worked very hard to try to keep and stimulate jobs. He expressed concern that the Democrats had passed bills that ended up being job-killing bills.
Canon City Daily Record: School district makes best of tight budget
With an eye toward maintaining relationships and programs, Cañon City School District administrative staff reworked the 2010-11 school year budget to include $1.7 million in cuts.
HEALTH POLICY
Grand Junction Sentinel: Medical database raises privacy issues
It’s a maxim in the medical profession that every therapeutic rose has its thorns. Of course, the principle applies to more than just medicine, but the maxim is particularly to the point in the case of law enforcement officials in the Grand Valley working to deal with the abuse of prescription medications.
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