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Click on the pdf link for "Ten Years of TABOR," a comprehensive study of the effects of TABOR ten years after its passage.

A quarter century of constitutional amendments, legislative acts and economic ups and downs To understand how Colorado finds itself in its current fiscal condition, it is helpful to look back at some critical decisions made by legislators and voters over the last 25 years, and at some of the economic and political factors that drove those decisions.

The Department of Higher Education receives funding from a variety of sources. These include state General Fund dollars, General Fund Exempt dollars, made available through Referendum C, Cash Funds, Cash Funds Exempt, which include tuition and fees spending authority, and federal funds.

Consultants release cost comparisons for health care reform proposals; P-20 Education Council puts price tags on five education reforms; Carbon tax amendment proposed for ???????08 ballot; Executive branch department budgets now posted on governor????????s website; Treasurer developing interactive state tax website

Bell analysts summarize Gov. Ritter????????s budget requests for 2008-09; Statehouse Republicans: Use natural gas revenues to fund higher education; Political Journal: Diverse fiscal and constitutional reform efforts moving forward; ProgressNowAction hosts 2nd annual Roots Camp

Tax-exempt HSAs have been available since 2004, and research is starting to emerge on their effects. The evidence indicates that HSAs and associated high-deductible health plans have thus far missed their mark, failing to make health insurance more affordable for low-income families that lack health insurance.

New ???Looking Forward??? report analyzes Colorado???s fiscal prospects in the post-Ref C era; ???Looking Forward??? finds 6 percent limit to be most immediate constraint in state budget; Political Journal: Collaborative effort to spread the Looking Forward message statewide; Higher fees, taxes, eyed for highway funding boost; Severance tax, construction fee measures fail to make the ???07 ballot

A new analysis of health savings accounts from the Bell Policy Center shows that the tax-advantaged accounts work well for healthy, high-income workers but are too risky for low-income families. ???HSAs may be useful for some consumers, but they are by no means a solution to the major problems in today???s health care system,??? said Blair Woodbury, author of the Bell issue brief, ???Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans.???

A new analysis of health savings accounts from the Bell Policy Center shows that the tax-advantaged accounts work well for healthy, high-income workers but are too risky for low-income families. ???HSAs may be useful for some consumers, but they are by no means a solution to the major problems in today???s health care system,??? said Blair Woodbury, author of the Bell issue brief, ???Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans.???

A new analysis of health savings accounts from the Bell Policy Center shows that the tax-advantaged accounts work well for healthy, high-income workers but are too risky for low-income families. ???HSAs may be useful for some consumers, but they are by no means a solution to the major problems in today???s health care system,??? said Blair Woodbury, author of the Bell issue brief, ???Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans.???