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By Julia Preston
The New York Times

ST. LOUIS – After a career as a corporate executive with her name in brass on the office door, Amparo Kollman-Moore, an immigrant from Colombia, likes to drive a Jaguar and shop at Saks. "It was a good life," she said, "a really good ride."

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DENVER, CO???.The Bell Policy Center, along with a broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, is calling on the state legislature to expand Colorado's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and make it permanent by supporting House Bill 05-1232.

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.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary criticizing Gov. Owens for opposing affirmative action and outlining the need for race conscious programs to ensure students of every race and income level truly have an equal opporunity to gain a quality education.

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.