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Colorado Budget Cuts

Bill Ritter Administration: State To Review Governor's Office Lobbying Colorado Lawmakers

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to...

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Bill Ritter Budget Cuts: Oil And Gas Communities Concerned About Severance Tax Grants Being Withheld

Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver

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Colorado communities that rely heavily on oil and natural gas drilling are voicing concern over one segment of Governor Ritter's budget cuts that have...

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Colorado Budget Cuts: Higher Education To Bear Brunt Of Cuts, But Not Until 2010-11

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter laid out his plan to cut another $286 million from the state budget on Wednesday, including reductions in Med...

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Stopping the Great American Job Scam In Denver

David Sirota | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

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David Sirota

Republic is effectively trying to get in on the Great American Jobs scam by holding a gun to our elected officials' heads: Either hand over the cash, the airline is saying to the pols, or we'll slash jobs.

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Medicaid Cuts Could Lock Out Low-Income Patients: Colorado Doctors

Denver Business Journal | Ed Sealover | Posted 09.18.2009 | Denver

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Concerns are arising over whether cuts to the Medicaid reimbursement rate in Colorado will drive some medical providers to stop accepting low-income p...

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Ritter Set To Announce Budget Today, Already Drawing Fire

The Denver Post | Jessica Fender | Posted 09.18.2009 | Denver

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In the quest to close Colorado's budget gap, Gov. Bill Ritter today is expected to unveil a number of deep cuts and cost-saving measures, including on...

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