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Frank Waterous of the Bell was among speakers discussing issues surrounding the increasing number of children living in poverty in Boulder County and Colorado.

On Monday, Aug. 13, the Bell Policy Center will launch Health Blog, a forum for health care experts and the public to discuss health care reform efforts now under way in Colorado. ???Health Blog will give people all over Colorado access to the debate over how to fix our health care system,??? said Wade Buchanan, Bell Policy Center president.

The governor and legislature should continue to dedicate more resources to the Colorado Indigent Care Program to expand community-based health care.

On Friday morning, the 30-person steering committee for the Campaign for Colorado met to go over the results of a recent poll, review the status of fundraising, and discuss other issues critical to a successful ballot initiative. After nearly three hours of discussion and debate, the steering committee made the difficult decision not to submit our petitions to get on the November ballot.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary looking at low levels of financial aid in Colorado and a Colorado Commission of Higher Education proposal that could potentially limit aid to the neediest families in the state.