Tag: Common Sense Institute
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Insurance savings from Colorado Option ‘hypothetical,’ think tank says
The bulk of the health insurance savings touted by the Polis administration is either not new or “only hypothetical” because state officials assumed a behavior that, in fact, contradicts how consumers make decisions, a Denver-based think tank claimed in an analysis Thursday. In response, the head of the state’s insurance agency called the study “misleading.”…
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Colorado homeowners misery index rising as cost of purchasing a home doubled in 7 years
The cost to purchase a Colorado home has doubled in the last 7 years, leading the affordability index to be the lowest it has been in 33 years, according to the Common Sense Institute’s most recent report. The median home price in Colorado is currently $580,275 with a 30-year mortgage rate of 5.22%, according to…
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Swift action needed in Colorado’s water stewardship: Panel
Water experts agree: without swift, collaborative and regionalized action, the cost of a failure to address water loss in our state will be “stunning.” A discussion hosted by The Common Sense Institute Wednesday centered on the future of water usage in Colorado and featured key findings in a new report. Kristin Strohm, the President and…
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New state board meets to create Colorado’s first statewide building codes
A new 21-member Energy Code Board that will develop statewide construction codes convened for the first time Monday to get acquainted, discuss bylaws and select chairpersons. The board’s inaugural director is Rick Garcia, the executive director of the state’s Department of Local Affairs. The other 20 board members are listed on the Energy Code Board Website. …
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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method
While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
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Colorado think tanks spar over homelessness spending report
Colorado’s think tanks on Friday sparred over a new report saying the cost of tackling homelessness in metro Denver is on track to cost $2 billion over three years, with critics calling the study unreliable, even intentionally misleading, and authors standing squarely behind their research, insisting it’s transparent and accurate. If the intense criticism and…
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Almost $2 billion allocated to tackle homelessness in metro Denver over 3 years, study says
Local governments and nonprofits are on track to spend nearly $2 billion over a three-year period to tackle homelessness in some counties in the Denver metro area, according to a new study by a nonpartisan think tank. Although, some projections in the study may be premature and two other Colorado think tanks plus a service…
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Plagued by crime, metro Denver is among the worst in America: CSI report
A new report paints metro Denver as an urban region plagued by rising crime – with numbers that are among the worst in the country. Car theft in Denver is second highest in the nation, and three other Colorado cities rank in the Top 10, according to the Common Sense Institute, a free enterprise think tank. Indeed,…
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Common Sense Institute names Kelly Caufield as its new Colorado leader
The Common Sense Institute tapped Kelly Caufield on Friday as executive director of the research organization’s Colorado branch. Denver-based Caufield will take the reins in Colorado as Kristin Strohm, the organization’s president and CEO, focuses on expanding the Common Sense Institute nationwide. Currently, the Common Sense Institute operates in Colorado and Arizona, with plans to…