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Amendment 63 is on the Ballot! On Thursday, August 26th, the Colorado Secretary of State announced the approval of the "The Right to Health Care Choice" citizens initiative for this November's ballot. The initiative is now officially titled Amendment 63. For opposing information, visit the Colorado Deserves Better campaign. Documents Reveal Possible Fraud at Dept. of Labor Independence Investigates has obtained internal emails from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) showing that a software control intended to prevent the payment of unemployment insurance to unqualified citizens as well as to illegal aliens was shut off in early 2009. Video: Unions Abuse Non-Union Teacher Paychecks Check out this new Independent Teachers video about what happens when a non-union school employee who is forced to opt out of paying union fees every year misses the deadline because of family medical emergencies. Why Transportation Costs More Than it Should Colorado transit systems cost four times as much per passenger mile as driving, and subsidies to transit are more than 40 times as much as subsidies to driving. So why should taxpayers spend more to promote such a failure? Remarks prepared by Senior Fellow Barry W. Poulson In this important Issue Paper, Barry Poulson offers ways that Colorado can strengthen its fiscal constitution and limit the growth of state revenue and spending.  |
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What we are talking about: Colorado Loses Race to the Top: Now What?
September 1st, 2010
Randy DeHoff from the State Board of Education recaps how Colorado fell
short in the Race to the Top federal grant competition, and discusses the
aftermath for the state's teacher tenure and evaluation reform (SB 191),
Common Core academic standards and more.
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The FDA, Avastin, and your life
September 2nd, 2010
Paul Hsieh, MD of Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine writes:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is on the verge of taking the highly unusual step of “decertifying” the cancer drug Avastin that it had previously approved. In addition to sparking concerns that this is another step towards medical rationing, the FDA’s proposal will worsen [...]
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The Changing Role of Government, 1850 to 2011
August 27th, 2010
A good friend of the Fiscal Policy Center and Free People, Free Markets alumni Tom Ryan has a wonderfully informative organization and website called Reclaiming Moral Government. Tom has created a slide show that displays the changing role of government from 1850 to present day.
ing Role of Government, 1850 to 2011
http://tax.i2i.org/2010/08/27/the-changing-role-of-government-1850-to-2011/
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