Tag: common sense institute
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s Medicaid monster devours the budget
What goes up, must come down — except when it comes to Colorado’s mushrooming Medicaid spending, it seems. Even as the number of people enrolled in the government health insurance program for the poor and disabled has declined, its cost continues to spiral upward. A Common Sense Institute analysis released last week found the number…
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EDITORIAL: Another call on Colorado to take care of business
In an unusual move, Colorado’s 8th Congressional District U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans chided his state’s governor and legislature for enacting a wave of regulations that has caused “ever‑growing hardships” for Colorado’s small businesses. As reported in The Gazette, Evans sent a letter to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis his week noting how small-business owners and local…
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New Colorado energy code takes effect Wednesday; builders rush to file plans
Pikes Peak region homebuilders now have a new energy code to meet. Beginning Wednesday, all newly built homes in Colorado must meet an updated energy code as required by a House bill passed in 2022. It is intended to make new homes solar power ready and reduce costs, but some worry a more stringent code…
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EDITORIAL: There’s no substitute for charity
At a time in Colorado when government seeks to tax more, purportedly for the common good, a report last week by the Common Sense Institute speaks to the state’s strides in philanthropy — in some key respects, the opposite of government funding. Charitable giving by Coloradans is continuing to prove a champion for the Centennial…
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EDITORIAL: A boon to Colorado schoolkids
The groundbreaking new federal education tax credit that stands to change Colorado children’s lives — and that the legislature unsuccessfully tried to sabotage — could infuse $329 million a year into the education of the state’s K-12 kids. Public schools alone could receive approximately $66 million of that total in additional funding annually. Fundamentally, up…
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Recent studies warn about businesses packing to leave Colorado
A growing body of research is warning about businesses packing to leave Colorado at a moment when major cities on both coasts are making headlines over departures of corporations and high earners. The studies’ conclusion sits at a crosscurrents with state data, perennially touted by officials, that new business filings are up over last year.…
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Recent studies warn about businesses packing to leave Colorado
A growing body of research is warning about businesses packing to leave Colorado at a moment when major cities on both coasts are making headlines over departures of corporations and high earners. The studies’ conclusion sits at a crosscurrents with state data, perennially touted by officials, that new business filings are up over last year.…
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Recent studies warn about businesses packing to leave Colorado
A growing body of research is warning about businesses packing to leave Colorado at a moment when major cities on both coasts are making headlines over departures of corporations and high earners. The studies’ conclusion sits at a crosscurrents with state data, perennially touted by officials, that new business filings are up over last year.…
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Recent studies warn about businesses packing to leave Colorado
A growing body of research is warning about businesses packing to leave Colorado at a moment when major cities on both coasts are making headlines over departures of corporations and high earners. The studies’ conclusion sits at a crosscurrents with state data, perennially touted by officials, that new business filings are up over last year.…
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Recent studies warn about businesses packing to leave Colorado
A growing body of research is warning about businesses packing to leave Colorado at a moment when major cities on both coasts are making headlines over departures of corporations and high earners. The studies’ conclusion sits at a crosscurrents with state data, perennially touted by officials, that new business filings are up over last year.…