Colorado has perilous problems keeping up with deteriorating roads, unbuilt roads, operating public schools and colleges and keeping the state safe. The problem right now isn’t that the state is critically short of money. Colorado has the cash, but a...
I was disappointed to learn that the bill to make the hospital provider fee an enterprise was killed last week on a 3-2 vote along party lines. The change the bill was supporting seemed to offer tremendous benefits to the state, mainly in the form of...
Re: “Colorado lawmakers finish session with little progress on top issues,” May 11 news story.
I was disappointed to learn that politics trumped doing something good for the state when the bill to make the hospital provider fee an enterprise was killed...
In business the best ideas usually rise to the top. But not before they undergo a rigorous testing and scrutiny in the marketplace, where the best are separated from the rest.
The marketplace of ideas should be no different,...
...new University of Colorado School of Medicine's branch campus in Colorado Springs are employing a different brand of training for third-year students - one that teaches compassion along with diagnosis and treatment. It's aimed at creating...
Incoming freshmen at the University of Colorado Boulder for both the 2016 and 2017 fall semester will see a one-time tuition hike of up to 5 percent, which will then remain locked for four years.
That mandate was approved Wednesday by the Board...
The University of Colorado Board of Regents today approved tuition rates for the 2016-17 academic year, including a new commitment to guarantee rates for resident undergraduates at CU-Boulder. The board voted 7-2, with Regents Glen Gallegos and Stephen...
Denver Post: Budget fix still crucial for Colorado Lawmakers should reclassify hospital provider fee
Yes, Colorado lawmakers, it's still important to deal with a projected budgetary crunch triggered by future tax refunds even if they are no longer likely in the next fiscal year.
The problem is only being delayed for one year....
This week's special report, "Anschutz: City of Health," kicked off last October when I joined several DBJ staffers on a guided tour of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora to scope out story ideas for the project....
Facing a money crunch, Colorado lawmakers resorted to extraordinary feats to craft a $27 billion budget bill Thursday, eliminating a $59 million taxpayer refund, slashing $73 million of payments to hospitals and cutting $50 million for road construction.