Budget

Fort Collins and Larimer County face great challenges to providing comprehensive and quality health care to residents.

A comprehensive study of the effects of TABOR ten years after its passage. TABOR is the most significant policy enacted in the state in a generation, and yet there was little factual, objective information about how it has impacted the lives of Coloradans.

Mesa State College makes life better in Western Colorado. The college offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs to residents of Grand Junction and neighboring communities. Nine out of 10 Mesa State graduates are Colorado residents, and eight out of 10 live and work in Colorado after graduation.

In this follow-up to the 2002 State of Opportunity report, the Bell tracks funding of key programs that correspond to the eight opportunity gateways outlined in the original report.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary supporting Referendum C, a temporary time-out from some of TABOR's restrictive spending limits.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary explaining the consequences of the state's poor funding of public health departments and other essential health services as a result of strict spending limits in Colorado.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary summarizing the Bell's report "Ten Years of TABOR."

We should make sure Referendum C is left in place and allowed to function as the voters intended. We should not do anything to limit the modest effects of Referendum C.

The legislature should make the state budget process as open and understandable as possible.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary exploring the dire fiscal situation of Colorado in 2003.