CHP+ premium bill waiting for governor's decision
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Health care Colorado News Agency: 'CHP' bill, a tough call for Dems, now on guv's desk A measure imposing a monthly premium on health insurance for low-income children has reached Gov. John Hickenlooper's desk today for his stamp of approval-or a veto, if he heeds the call of some children's advocacy groups.
Fiscal policy Colorado Springs Gazette: District 38 trims personnel, bus routes, work days Lewis-Palmer School District 38 board members on Thursday previewed a preliminary budget of $35 million for 2011-2012, a decrease of $2.9 million over this year.
Pueblo Chieftain editorial: Big Oil tax breaks The nation's five biggest oil companies logged a combined $36 billion in profits during the first quarter of 2011, yet they are balking at a comparatively modest $2 billion rollback of the federal tax breaks they enjoy.
Colorado Statesman: Heath: Raise taxes, aid education Decrying massive cuts to Colorado's funding for education, state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, this week unveiled an initiative aimed at this fall's ballot to ask voters to hike state sales and income taxes for five years. His proposed ballot measure, dubbed Initiative 25, would raise an estimated $3 billion through 2016 by restoring tax rates to 1999 levels.
Pueblo Chieftain editorial: False promise Sen. Rollie Heath is dead wrong in pushing a ballot issue that would increase state sales and income taxes by $3 billion over the next five years. Even though his intent to earmark the money for education is commendable, we've heard that song-and-dance before.
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