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Colorado schools gain parental involvement through stomachs

Samara Williams, Rose Hill Elementary School principal, stocked up at Sam's Club for a meeting with parents at the school. She says food puts parents at ease. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post) In the battle to get parents through the door of the state's ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson,  Harvard University,  Horace Mann

Colorado gambling law garnishes $600,000 from winnings of deadbeat parents

More than $600,000 has been withheld from winnings of deadbeat parents who gamble in Colorado in the first year of a controversial law that requires casinos to check whether big winners owe child support. Anyone who wins more than $1,200 at a machine ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  17 Oct 2009

5 Colo. counties to fight proposed child-welfare takeover

Five counties are paying $1,200 each for a political consultant to help fight a proposal that would allow the state to take over county responsibilities of child welfare and social services. Since the recommendations from a governor-appointed committee ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Bill Ritter,  U.S. Republican Party

Gov. Ritter calls recommendation to hand child-welfare powers to state "a bold move"

Suggestions to improve child welfare from a governor-appointed task force can be summed up in six words: Give the power to the state. In 60 pages of recommendations delivered to Gov. Bill Ritter this week, an independent committee says a new central ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Bill Ritter

Child-welfare panel says state, not counties, should service Colorado's needy

The state would take over county responsibilities for child welfare and human services — including food stamps and Medicaid — under a dramatic proposal from a governor-appointed committee that contends the state is better suited to serve Colorado's ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Bill Ritter,  Debbie Stafford

Jobless pay running out for many

One year after the nation's economy plunged into turmoil, thousands of Coloradans are watching their unemployment benefits expire, looking for jobs that don't exist and preparing for a winter when the money runs out. Jobless benefits have been extended ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  20 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Bill Ritter,  U.S. Congress,  Jim McDermott,  Barack Obama,  Tom Miller

Good news, bad news for Colo. low-income health clinics

poor patients at his clinics in Glenwood and Black Hawk since last year. Health clinics for the poor must chop $32.9 million from their budgets at the same time they are receiving millions in stimulus dollars ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  3 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Bill Ritter

Colorado higher-ed director Skaggs resigns

Citing a dispute with Gov. Bill Ritter about "a matter which . . . we could not agree," higher-education chief David Skaggs announced his resignation Friday afternoon. Neither the governor's office nor the Department of Higher Education would elaborate ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  29 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Bill Ritter,  David Skaggs,  Bruce Benson,  Stephen Jordan

Hospital pushes counties to pay

Denver Health Medical Center provided $52 million in uncompensated care for residents outside the city last year, and the CEO says it's time for other counties to pay their share. Chief executive Dr. Patti Gabow wrote letters to 14 county boards of ...

From ALLISON SHERRY, Denver Post,  28 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson

Poll: Americans want health reform, but not higher taxes or rates

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans support a federal health insurance plan for those who can't afford or can't get private insurance, but only 37 percent define "public option" correctly, a new national poll found. The majority of people polled — 86 percent — ...

From ALLISON SHERRY THE DENVER POST, Vail Daily,  26 Aug 2009
Related Topics: AARP

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