2006

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 special report on the 2006 legislative session and more than 100 bills related to opportunity, state finance, immigration and the health of democracy.

Special session compromise gets specific on public services for undocumented immigrants

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary laying out the Bell Policy Center's 2006 agenda to: close the achievement gap, get more low-income students into college, promote self-sufficiency and expand health care coverage.

Blueprint for Opportunity: Issues that matter Ideas that work - A guide for Colorado candidates and voters in the 2006 election

Order form for legislators, state officers and voters interested in exploring proposals from the Blueprint for Opportunity in more depth.

Colorado is a land of opportunity for many of us ??? a place where those who are willing to work hard and play fair can realize the American Dream. Our task is to extend this promise into the 21st Century.

The Longmont Times-Call reports on the Bell Policy Center's 2006 Blueprint for Opportunity.

The Bell Policy Center calls on candidates for governor, the state legislature and other races to commit to an opportunity agenda on behalf of Colorado families. The agenda is explained in Bell???s new Blueprint for Opportunity, a guide to practical ideas that promote opportunity in Colorado. The guide makes 37 recommendations for improving education, health care, employment and retirement in Colorado.