Ref C fight enters final week

Good news, Coloradans. The end is near. One week from today, voters will decide the fate of Referendum C, the ballot measure that would let the state keep money…

Supply-Siders Plan a Panel to Rival Mack’s

WASHINGTON - Disappointed by recommendations from President Bush's advisory panel on tax reform, a group of free-market economists will try their hand at overhauling America's tax structure and are set…

Tax reform timidity

The president's tax reform panel's report is due at the end of this month, but don't hold your breath if you were looking for the reform that is really needed.

On cutting edge of cuts

If timing is everything, well, it's been nothing but bad timing lately for higher education in Colorado. Campus booze binges and student deaths by alcohol poisoning. Microscopic minority hiring…

The real problem: Amendment 23

Neil Westergaard, thanks for your column, "Sure, let's talk, although you're wrong" in the Oct. 14-20 issue of the DBJ. Unfortunately, it is you who is wrong in a number…

In Colorado, Colleges Fight Anti-Tax Lobby

Colorado, home of the nation's most restrictive limits on state spending, has become the scene of a much-watched vote that pits anti-tax forces against higher-education advocates. Voters will decide on…

Refs C&D: Budget Breakdown

Julie Caplan, 46, remembers being barely alive when an outreach worker found her living in a tent hidden in waist-high grass and concrete rubble between a creek and rusting vehicle…

Labor adviser Chamberlain will lead Oregon AFL-CIO

PORTLAND -- The Oregon AFL-CIO picked a soft-spoken diplomat Tuesday to shepherd the divided labor movement through troubled times. Tom Chamberlain, a career firefighter and labor adviser to Gov. Ted…

Bush’s tax panel calls for sweeping reforms

With his second-term domestic agenda stalled, President George W. Bush has been casting about for new initiatives. The panel he appointed to recommend simplifying the labyrinthine US tax code handed…