Common Sense Institute Podcast: Common Sense Digest

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How Will Colorado Spend its Federal Stimulus Money and How Should It? featuring Brenda Dickhoner and Chris Brown

Jul 9, 2021

On this edition of Common Sense Digest, Chairman and Host Earl Wright is joined by CSI’s Mike A. Leprino Fellow, Brenda Dickhoner, who recently authored a report on how that money was allocated, what it was spent on, and money that remains to be allocated.

From Conflict to Compassion: A Colorado Housing Development Blueprint for Transformational Change

Jun 25, 2021

On this edition of Common Sense Digest, we welcome Peter LiFari, Executive Director of Maiker Housing Partners, the Adams County Housing Authority, and Evelyn Lim, Former Region 8 Administrator at the US Housing and Urban Development, and current Director of Policy and Research at the American Cornerstone Institute to discuss housing affordability.

The Past Present and Future of TABOR featuring Michael Fields and Dustin Zvonek

Jun 7, 2021

On this edition of Common Sense Digest, we take a deep dive into a major law unique to Colorado, and why it is relevant today, nearly three decades after being voted in by Coloradans in 1992. That’s right, we’re discussing the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, commonly referred to as TABOR.

Is Help on the Way for PERA’s Unfunded Liability? featuring Earl Wright, Amy Slothower and Zachary Christensen

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Common Sense Institute Podcast: Common Sense Digest

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Injecting a dose of common sense into Colorado’s policy debates

Subscribe on your Favorite Podcast App!

How Will Colorado Spend its Federal Stimulus Money and How Should It? featuring Brenda Dickhoner and Chris Brown

From Conflict to Compassion: A Colorado Housing Development Blueprint for Transformational Change

The Past Present and Future of TABOR featuring Michael Fields and Dustin Zvonek

Is Help on the Way for PERA’s Unfunded Liability? featuring Earl Wright, Amy Slothower and Zachary Christensen

The Crisis of the Colorado Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund featuring J.J. Ament and Chris Brown

Trying to Fix a Broken Education Finance System featuring Dr. Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner and Leslie Colwell

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions for Colorado Buildings featuring Kathie Barstnar and Dave Davia

Revisiting the Public Option for Healthcare featuring Sally Pipes and Chris Brown

Understanding and Attempting to Solve Homelessness with Mayor Mike Coffman and Kate Barton

Women in the Workforce and the She-cession featuring Heidi Ganahl and Nicole Riehl