Today, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the state's new collective bargaining law was not in effect. The decision comes just as Governor Walker's administration is...
March 2011 Archives
Check out this new column from Michael Linden about the U.S. House of Representative's spending bill would cut services that middle-class families rely on, including:...
According to a new survey, Colorado banks are hurting. One in four banks in Colorado are 'troubled or problematic institutions'. The national average is 12.8...
Yesterday, the Joint Budget Committee spared the Circle Program at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo from elimination. CIRCLE is a 90-day, last...
See the Journal's coverage on how budget cuts, pay and benefit cuts are triggering public employees to retire. While at first blush this may seem...
"Mesa State's effort to free itself of the state personnel system came to a halt on Wednesday, when the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs...
According to the report, from 1989 to 2010 U.S. productivity grew 62.5% while real hourly wages for both private and public sector worker grew just 12%. From 1989 to 2007, the richest 1% of Americans received 56% of all...
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Citing the recession and budget cuts, Colorado State University leaders propose raising tuition by 20 percent. According to University officials, state support used to cover...
See the FOX News story about how several other states could have political battles similar to the one going on in Wisconsin....
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A new analysis from the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute finds that Governor Hickenlooper's budget proposal would result in the loss of 3,600 jobs due to...
At a time when many Americans are struggling financially, a new new USA Today analysis finds that compensation for corporate directors is rising sharply.This after...
The Denver Post reports that Governor Hickenlooper says that he will revisit his decision to close the Fort Lyon Correctional facility. According to the Post,...
See the Washington Post's latest coverage and timeline of how taxpayers are rallying against state budget cuts and anti-worker bills.Go to: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-economy/2011/03/state_unions.html...
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According to a new USA TODAY analysis, Colorado public workers earn $3,391 less in total compensation than private sector workers. The analysis doesn't account...
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