February, 2013 - Independence Institute

A Thumbnail Guide to Colorado State Government’s Spending Problem 0
- February 26, 2013
Colorado state government has a spending problem. Although inflation-adjusted per capita personal income in Colorado is still below its 2003 level, state spending has risen every year since 1999. State tax revenue has risen, but it cannot keep up with the spending.
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The Rest of the Story on School Funding, Minorities 0
- February 23, 2013
Recent reporting that appeared in The Gazette insists Colorado racial minorities are harmed by less school funding than many other states receive. However, the I-News Network’s selective peek at the facts misleads readers and distracts them from real promising solutions.
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Colorado’s Competitive Standing to Attract Business 0
- February 22, 2013
This paper explores a compilation of Colorado rankings from the “2013 State and Business Tax Climate Index.”
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Let’s Figure Out How PERA Can Fit Into Colo. School Finance Reform Debates 0
- February 21, 2013
The long-awaited draft of the big school finance reform bill (144 pages in all its glory) is finally here this week. You can rest assured I will have more to say in the coming days as my Education Policy Center friends dig more deeply into it. For now, I just have to say how glad […]
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It's Been Done Before: A Convention of the States to Propose Constitutional Amendments 0
- February 21, 2013
In 1861, the states held a dry run for an Article V “convention for proposing amendments.” The event was the Washington Conference Convention or Washington Peace Conference. It was called by the Virginia legislature in January of 1861 in an effort to avert the Civil War. The idea was that the convention would draft and
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Amy Oliver Show: Open Union Negotiations Coming to Thompson?0
- February 20, 2013
Loveland’s Nancy Rumfelt discusses an upcoming Thompson school board meeting at which local education leaders will consider a Liberty Watch citizen petition calling for greater transparency and an end to taxpayer funding of union activities.
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