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Dec. 21, 2010
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Insurance rates rise,
but not because of health reform
Health care
Denver Daily News: Health rates going up?
Health insurance rates are expected to increase by an average of nearly 13 percent next year, but the increase is not being directly linked to the president's historic overhaul of the nation's $2.5 trillion health insurance system, state insurance officials said yesterday.

Canon City Daily Record editorial: Health care law: Recent court rulings mean uncertainty will remain for the foreseeable future
Every year, businesses and individuals face uncertainty, asking the question: How much more will I pay for health insurance next year? The answer, for those who have insurance, has for too long been "too much." Whether that answer will change with full implementation of health care reform has been overshadowed by another uncertainty: Will the reforms ever be fully implemented?


Fiscal policy
The Denver Post: Assessed value of Colorado property declines
The assessed value of property in Colorado declined this year and is expected to do so again next year - marking the first decline since the state's real estate troubles in the 1980s and spelling more financial woes for the state.

The Denver Post: Historic-bank transformation wins tax-help nod from council
A historic downtown Denver building moved a step closer to its transformation into a hotel Monday after the City Council initially approved a tax deal that will help pay for its redevelopment.

Pueblo Chieftain: Health department balances budget on reserves
The Pueblo City-County Board of Health on Monday approved a $6.6 million budget for the health department in 2011, dipping again into reserves to balance the expected shortfall in revenues.

Denver Business Journal: Colorado's Legislative Council makes little change to forecast
The Colorado Legislative Council's quarterly economic and revenue forecast, issued Monday, showed little movement from third-quarter predictions, a sign that the multiyear downward spiral of the state's economy appears to have stopped but that notable economic regrowth has not begun yet.


Jobs and economic security
Colorado Springs Business Journal: Colo. personal income grows for 5 straight quarters
Personal income reached $216 billion in the third quarter, up 0.77 percent from $214 billion in the second quarter. After dropping in the second quarter of 2009, personal income in Colorado began to grow again in the third quarter of last year.

Craig Daily Press: Latest stats reveal rise in county jobless rate
Unemployment in Moffat County jumped to 8.7 percent in November after reaching a low not seen for about a year, according to recently released figures.
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