Why Not Make All Of Colorado An Enerprise Zone?

by Mike Krause | 10:27 pm, February 3, 2012

Today the Denver Post editorialized favorably on a legislative proposal to modestly rein in run-away tax incentives (read corporate welfare) in Colorado’s “enterprise zones.”
A better policy change might just be to get rid of enterprise zones altogether. Much to his credit, my former state representative Joel Judd (A Democrat from House District 4 in [...]

Political Year In Review On Devil’s Advocate Tonight

by Mike Krause | 10:23 am, December 30, 2011

Were you too busy having a social life this year to follow political goings on in Colorado? Then catch up by tuning in to the Independence Institute’s public affairs television show Devil’s Advocate tonight as Denver Business Journal reporter Ed Sealover and Colorado Public Television’s Dominic Dezzutti join host Jon Caldara for the [...]

Independence Institute Writers In The News

by Mike Krause | 11:02 pm, December 26, 2011

A massive medical privacy invasion in Colorado, another lame attempt to control the Internet by Congress, and the case in favor of fracking are all topics of recently published works by Independence Institute writers.
First Independence Institute intern and president of the Denver chapter of Liberty on the Rocks Donovan Schafer explains why hydraulic fracturing (fracking) [...]

2011 drug law reform in Colorado a mixed bag

by Mike Krause | 1:59 pm, December 2, 2011

In 2010, Colorado lawmakers took a meaningful step towards drug law reform by passing House Bill 1352, which nibbles at the edges of the disastrous War on Drugs by amending some of Colorado’s controlled substance statutes (see my HuffPost Denver piece on HB 1352).
And while lawmakers continued that reform momentum this year, those efforts were [...]

Denver Post, Fox 31 Reporters On Devil’s Advocate Tonight

by Mike Krause | 3:35 pm, November 4, 2011

If you are looking for a back-up plan tonight in case that blind date is a disaster, consider tuning into the Independence Institute’s public affairs television program, Devil’s Advocate, at 8:30 PM on Colorado Public Television 12. Tonight, Denver Post reporter Lynn Bartels and Fox 31 political reporter Eli Stokols join host Jon Caldara to [...]

Durango Herald, Denver Post Reporters On Devil’s Advocate

by Mike Krause | 11:33 am, October 21, 2011

If you stay up until at least 9:00 PM on Friday nights then you might as well be watching the Independence Institute’s public affairs television show Devil’s Advocate at 8:30 PM on Colorado Public Television 12. Check it out tonight as host Jon Caldara is joined by Durango Herald reporter Joe Hanel and Denver [...]

Boulder Municipalization On Devil’s Advocate

by Mike Krause | 1:04 pm, October 14, 2011

Tune in to the Independence Institute’s public affairs tv show Devil’s Advocate tonight for a debate over the City of Boulder’s upcoming energy municipalization ballot initiative. Host Jon Caldara is joined by Susan Perkins from Renewables Yes (in favor of municipalization) and Boulder City Council candidate Mark Gelband (opposed). That’s tonight at [...]

Prop 103 Roundup

by Mike Krause | 11:46 am, October 13, 2011

The Independence Institute’s dynamic scoring study on the impact of the upcoming sales and income tax increase ballot initiative, Proposition 103, on jobs and the economy in Colorado has been published an cited in both print and television news. Here is a round-up thus far.
The study has been cited in newspaper editorials in opposition [...]

Gazette Rips Into Prop 103

by Mike Krause | 2:33 pm, October 7, 2011

The Colorado Springs Gazette’s editorial page editor Wayne Laugesen rips into the Proposition 103 sales and income tax increase ballot initiative, citing the Independence Institute’s recent study on the impact of Prop 103 on jobs and the Colorado economy.
Concludes Wayne:
A vote for Prop 103 is a vote to make Colorado’s economy even weaker. It is [...]

Colorado Secretary Of State On Devil’s Advocate

by Mike Krause | 10:14 am, October 7, 2011

Be sure and tune into the Independence Institute’s public affairs tv show Devil’s Advocate tonight at 8:30PM on Colorado Public Television 12. Host Jon Caldara is first joined by Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler to talk about mail in ballots and inactive voters, then Independence Institute’s energy blogger Amy Oliver Cooke sits down to [...]

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