State forecasts $149m in additional revenue
The state will have about $149 million additional revenue during the next fiscal year than the Office of State Planning and Budget originally forecasted. The overall increase is due, according to a press release from Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office, to continued improvement in the job market and increased business confidence. Sustained production is buildinga foundation [...]
A long-debated proposal about college tuition for illegal immigrants is being debated in the Colorado Senate. But the real test awaits across the hall in the Republican-led House. This year’s immigrant tuition bill would allow residents who are illegal immigrants to attend state universities at tuition rates that are higher than those for in-state students [...]
Continue reading …The University of Phoenix is opening offices in downtown Colorado Springs. The private, for-profit university opened its new location in the Springs to increase educational opportunities and be accessible to workers downtown, according to a release from the University. “Downtown is really the center of the business community,” said David Smythe, campus college chair for [...]
Continue reading …There are two precious sets of resources that account for our national wealth: natural and human-made. The natural include precious metals, like gold and silver; energy from oil, sun, wind and water; and rich soil for agriculture. The human-made set includes entertainment, communication, hardware/software, knowledge, ideas and patents. If we are concerned about getting our [...]
Continue reading …In-state undergraduate students at the University of Colorado will pay 7 percent to 9 percent more in tuition at the Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver campuses starting this fall. The Board of Regents approved the increases Monday on an 8-1 vote. Out-of-state undergraduates will pay 2 percent to 5 percent more. CU system officials say [...]
Continue reading …A measure that could set aside revenue for education could make November’s ballot. A group of Colorado education nonprofits is asking for the legislature to refer a measure to the ballot that could increase state revenue specifically to pay for preschool, K-12 and higher education. The measure, which could be introduced as early as tomorrow, [...]
Continue reading …Officials at the National Federation of Independent Business are not happy. Their ire was raised today when the Colorado Senate voted 18-to-15, to support Senate Bills 283 and 271 which allow the state to reallocate Workmen’s Compensation reserves held by Pinnacol Assurance in order to provide $300 million in funding for higher education and another [...]
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