Highlights and News

Apr 2, 2013

Banks' payday loans trap borrowers in long-term debt

The Center for Responsible Lending recently released a report showing that payday loans made by banks, like those made by other payday lenders, carry triple-digit interest rates and trap customers in cycles of long-term debt.

Mar 28, 2013

Working Families Opportunity Act good for families, kids

On the first day of this year's legislative session, Senators John Morse and John Kefalas introduced the Working Families Opportunity Act as Senate Bill 1. That first-bill status reflects the importance that lawmakers place in helping low- and moderate-income families still struggling as we emerge from the Great Recession.

Mar 28, 2013

#ThankYouCO: Highlights from the state budget!

Yesterday we shared some highlights from the state's budget for the upcoming fiscal year with our followers on Twitter. If you missed it, we've collected all the tweets together in one place here. Have a look!

Mar 26, 2013

Bell supports extension of Colorado Work Share Program

Rich Jones, the Bell's director of policy and research, testified on Tuesday in favor of Senate Bill 13-157, which would extend indefinitely Colorado's Work Share Program.

Work share is a voluntary program that companies can use to weather short-term business declines. Under the program, employers can reduce the hours of a work force to avoid layoffs. Employees, in turn, can claim unemployment benefits for the reduction in work hours.

Mar 25, 2013

Bell backs extension of Educational Success Task Force

Senior policy analyst Frank Waterous on Monday testified in favor of House Bill 13-1244, which will extend the work of the Educational Success Task Force. It also will create a legislative committee to oversee the task force.

In his testimony, Waterous said that the task force has "been the source of significant and innovative legislation," and he cited the group's focus on "student success at all levels of our P-20 system."

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