Oct 22, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Research
Homelessness is a visible outcome of a system that does not consistently work for everyone. This report is the result of efforts to understand the systemic factors that impact homelessness in the Metropolitan Denver area through a human-centered systems design lens.
Oct 22, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Research
Although September job growth was lower than what is needed to achieve a full recovery by January 2023, adjusted for population growth, Colorado reached an important recovery milestone last month. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the labor force participation rate for Colorado mothers exceeded its pre-pandemic level.
Oct 19, 2021 | 2021 Research, Ballot Issues, Education, Featured, Featured Research, Proposition 119, Research
Proposition 119 on the 2021 Colorado ballot proposes to establish the Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program (LEAP).
Oct 12, 2021 | 2021 Research, Ballot Issues, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Ordinance 304, Taxes
Ordinance 304 or the “Enough Taxes Already” ballot initiative proposes to cut the City of Denver’s sales tax from 4.81% to 4.5% and impose a cap at the latter rate.
Oct 5, 2021 | 2021 Research, Ballot Issues, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Proposition 120, Taxes
Proposition 120 – “Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction” proposes to permanently reduce the statewide property tax assessment rate for several classes of property.
Sep 29, 2021 | 2021 Research, Education, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
If Colorado is to have a substantive public discourse about how to improve educational outcomes, there needs to be a common understanding of how K-12 public education is funded in the state. This study analyzes statewide and regional trends in K-12 revenues and spending over the past decade to help ground conversations in facts.
