Tag: Debt
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EDITORIAL: Debt clouds Colorado’s horizon
Colorado must balance its budget every year by law. It’s one of those fiscal protections for most states that most Americans would like to see imposed on Congress at the federal level, where the national debt has exploded past $38 trillion. Imagine a federal Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, with real spending caps and voter approval…
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There’s nothing ‘vibrant’ about Denver debt
By Jason Bailey Five ballot measures, all asking for more debt, are on the Denver ballot for this election cycle. The politicians want about $950 million in new debt for our city and our citizens. Denver ballots will begin arriving this weekend. I address all five measures with the same reasoning – the end result…
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Denver Public Schools quietly racks up off-the-books debt
Attorney Lisi Owen is representing a group called Mamás de DPS in a lawsuit against Denver Public Schools Board of Education.
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Colorado House OKs removing medical debt from credit scores, reports
More than 700,000 Coloradans have medical debt. A new bill is seeking to remove that debt from their credit scores and credit reports. The state House of Representative passed House Bill 1126 on Tuesday. If enacted, the bill would prohibit consumer reporting agencies in Colorado from including medical debt in credit reports and require debt…
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Colorado bill would cap medical debt interest, implement other consumer protections
Cindy Powers underwent emergency surgery to fix a life-threatening abdominal obstruction in 2004. Over the next five years, she received 18 additional surgeries to address complications, infections and hernias, before her condition was finally fixed in 2009. But while her medical nightmare had come to an end, the financial nightmare was just beginning. Even with…