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State economists released quarterly estimates for state revenues on Wednesday. The Legislative Council staff and the governor????????s Office of State Planning and Budgeting see continued growth in Colorado????????s economy. Both agencies project the state will retain more revenue in the current fiscal year than they estimated in March.

This special issue of The Opportunity News is the Bell???s annual summary of wins and losses in the legislative session for bills related to opportunity.

A message from Wade Buchanan, Bell Policy Center President, outlining the Bell's agenda for the coming year: to close the student achievement gap, make college affordable, expand health care coverage, help working families, counter misguided immigration reform and influence the policy debate in the 2006 election.

A transcript of the Bell's "Voices of Opportunity" event of March 13, 2007, featuring the Honorable Bill Ritter Jr., Governor of Colorado, including a question-and-answer session and comments by Bell Chairman Penfield Tate III and Bell President Wade Buchanan.

Articles: Bell launches Summer Tour with forum in Grand Junction, TABOR concept spreads nationwide, Bell preps Children???s Hospital leaders for Referenda C&D advocacy, Campaign for referenda C and D gathers more than 70 supporters, Opinions on TABOR and fiscal reform

Articles: Referenda C opponents: long on rhetoric, short on facts. Estimated five-year state budget surplus grows by $400 million. Dick Armey comes to Colorado, blasts Owens and Refs C & D, Editorial commentary supports Refs C & D, Maine looks at Colorado???s TABOR

Articles: What happens if C&D fail, Put out a Vote Yes yard sign, Vote Yes campaign on target, March & rally to support C&D on Aug. 6 in Denver, Blue Book language in the works. The best of TABOR in the press

Articles: TABOR a key focus at state lawmakers national meeting, Ohio punts its TABOR proposal until November 2006, Mike Feeley challenges Independence Institute???s Fred Holden in debate, Bell Action hosts impressive panel at Pueblo public forum, Vote Yes on C and D unites huge coalition, C&D backers challenge secret opposition funding, Why the rural vote matters, Economic Futures Panel calls Colorado ???at risk???

Articles: Economic forecasts hold steady on TABOR rebates, Blue Book clarifies actual TABOR rebate amounts, "Wasteful Spending" long on rhetoric, short on answers, Fort Collins doctors nervous about health care cuts, Vote Yes fires up GOTV

Article: A message from the Bell Staff, Carol Hedges and Laurie Zeller ??? our votes for MVP, Ref C investments should promote opportunity, Replacing cynicism with confidence in the public???s view of government, Where to from here?