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Cost Of War Closes In On Half-Trillion

How much, exactly, is half a trillion? It's got  12 zeros after a one, and represents a thousand billions. Which means that so far, American...

Colorado’s Well Paid College Presidents

M. Roy Wilson, who leads the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center has a total compensation estimated by The Chronicle of...

State Budget 101

Colorado's lame duck Governor, Republican Bill Owens, submitted his final budget to the General Assembly's Joint Budget Committee yesterday.  The details are available here. Over...

About Colorado Pork

Colorado isn't in the top ten hog producing states in the United States.  It also doesn't receive much federal pork, despite the fact that...

TABOR on Trial I: Missouri

The political advocacy group Missourians in Charge (MIC) turns out to be neither -- not Missourians, nor in charge. Not really a group, even...