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Provides an overview of the EITC in Colorado, compares Colorado's EITC with the federal tax credit and shows the number of EITC recipients in Colorado by region.

Using reasonable estimates of the number of undocumented immigrants and budget data published by the state, we estimate the total costs of providing federally mandated government services to undocumented immigrants in Colorado is nearly $225 million per year.

Articles: Federal budget policies pose risk to future generations, Gov. Owens sends his final budget to JBC, Colorado higher education under-funded, NCHEMS says, Colorado economic growth to slow a bit in ???07, States gain with higher minimum wage

New findings from the Bell Policy Center show that undocumented immigrants in Colorado pay $159 million to $194 million in state and local taxes, an amount equal to 70 to 86 percent of their K-12 education, emergency health care and incarceration costs.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary comparing and contrasting Colorado (SB 186) and federal (No Child Left Behind) laws that deal with student and school accountability.

Colorado should work with federal, local and private partners, and it should greatly increase its own investment so Colorado???s housing trust fund can provide a level of assistance that will truly make a difference for low and moderate-income families seeking affordable housing. Ultimately, the state government and its partners should collectively provide at least $25 million annually to the fund.

Colorado???s next governor and legislature should commit to taking the necessary actions to reform our health care system so all Coloradans have access to a core set of affordable, quality health care services. We should identify the most promising ideas for improving our health care system and put them into action.

Colorado should increase its EITC from 10 percent to at least 20 percent of the federal credit. And it should make the credit available in all years, not just when there is a TABOR surplus.

The Greeley Tribune reports on a forum held by U.S. Rep. Maralyn Musgrave on immigration in Colorado and cites figures from the Bell Policy Center's 2006 issue briefs on immigration.

This review of research reports on the demographics of immigrants in Colorado and the economic impacts of immigration. It also analyzes some federal and state policies regarding immigration.