Tag: Poverty Reduction

A bill to help Colorado's poorest working families pay for child care took its first step towards the Govenor's desk yesterday when it passed out of the House Finance Committee. HB 1072 would close what its sponsors call a loophole in current tax credits for child care which currently leaves out the vast majority families making less than $25,000 a year.

No surprises here, but white males continue to earn considerably more money than women in general and women of color in particular. A new...