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Digging Into the Data on Colorado Charter Schools

An In-Depth Look at Graduation Rates for Students of Color

Colorado’s Labor Force Three Months Into COVID-19

The impacts of COVID-19 have not been equally felt across the labor market and certain business models have been disrupted significantly more than others.

Initiative 295 – Voter Approval of New Fee Based Enterprises

Under the Colorado Constitution, the creation of new taxes or the raising of existing taxes must be voted on by the people of Colorado.

One Size Shutdown Does Not Fit All

Though all Coloradans faced a stay-at-home order, the latest data suggest that the rates of COVID-19 infection vary widely between counties.

RECENT RESEARCH

$4 Billion in New Taxes and Fees on the Table

Jun 10, 2020 | 2020 Research, Recent Research, Taxes

A series of legislative proposals and proposed ballot measures would impose billions of dollars of higher taxes and fees on a state economy that’s struggling to restart after the COVID-19 shutdown.

Impacts of Colorado Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Jun 9, 2020 | 2020 Research, COVID-19, Economic Development, Recent Research

The Unemployment Insurance trust fund, from which unemployment benefits are paid, stands to go insolvent soon—likely before the end of June.

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CSI’S MISSION

CSI’s mission is to examine the fiscal impacts of policies, initiatives, and proposed laws so that Coloradans are educated and informed on issues impacting their lives. Common Sense Institute was founded in 2010 originally as Common Sense Policy Roundtable. CSI’s founders were a concerned group of business and community leaders who observed that divisive partisanship was overwhelming policymaking and believed that sound economic analysis could help Coloradans make fact-based and common sense decisions.