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Archive of Colorado on Wednesday July 01, 2009
CO: Colorado Senate returns $627,000 in unspent funds
State Senate President Brandon Shaffer, pointing to his restrictions on travel, bonuses and salaries, said Tuesday that the Senate was returning to the general fund an expected $627,000, more than twice as much in unspent funds as last year. Read More
CO: Designated beneficiary rules grant unmarried pairs decision-making power
In April, Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill that gives unmarried couples the right to enter into "designated beneficiary agreements," which guarantee many of the rights usually reserved for husbands and wives. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
CO: Coloradans feeling run over by new auto late fees
Loveland resident Mike Jones expected to pay $15 plus change when he registered his 24-year-old boat trailer last week, but he got hit with a $100 penalty for registering late. Read More
CO: Panels back ABCs of new grad criteria in Colorado
For the first time, Colorado is spelling out exactly what 12th-graders should know before heading to college or entering the workforce. Read More
CO: Colorado welcomes stimulus-funded jobs
Alison Barber did something unexpected this month: She found a job. Although Barber, who graduated from Colorado State University this year, says the employment rate at her construction management program dropped from 99 percent to below 50 percent this year, she was able to land a foreman position at Castle Rock Construction Co. Read More
CO: As new laws kick in today, Colorado auto fees to rise
Starting today, Coloradans will pay more to register their vehicles. They'll face criminal charges if they possess someone else's passport, Social Security card or driver's license without that person's permission. And adults will be in big trouble if they're caught "sexting" to a child. Read More
CO: Colorado spending stimulus cash on sprawl projects, or not
Taking up a question the Colorado Independent explored last spring, Washington D.C.-based Smart Growth America and Denver's CoPirg (Colorado Public Interest Research Group) report that Colorado is funneling too much stimulus money into new roads instead of mass transit construction, which is bad because new roads translate to sprawl and because mass transit construction is more economically stimulating, creating up to 31 percent more jobs. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
MT: Abortion foes to submit initiatives
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Abortion opponents in Colorado and Montana want to try again to pass amendments giving human rights to embryos. Read More
US: Abortion foes try again on 'personhood' amendments
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Abortion opponents in Colorado and Montana want to try again to pass amendments giving human rights to embryos. Read More |
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