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CFI Brief: The Pitfalls and Flaws in “Impacts of Increasing Colorado’s Minimum Wage”

September 9th, 2016
By: Chris Stiffler

By Chris Stiffler

CFI Economist

A new brief from CFI Economist Chris Stiffler analyzes the many flaws in a study that claims increasing the minimum wage in Colorado will result in 90,000 lost jobs.

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CFI Report: How ColoradoCare Would Affect Health Care Cost for Latinos and Immigrants

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Bots Can Comment, You Can Canvass

September 15, 2026

Amendment 87 made the front page. Then the comments got weird. Our Policy Manager, Caroline Nutter, was at DIA on her way to Alaska for a wedding when she spotted…

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Colorado Fiscal Institute releases new Baby Bonds feasibility study

August 25, 2026

Study commissioned by the Colorado Fiscal Institute and Soul 2 Soul Sisters and conducted by the SEED CO team finds practical paths for helping Colorado children build wealth DENVER —…

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Colorado Baby Bonds Feasibility Study

August 25, 2026

New research from the Colorado Fiscal Institute and the SEED CO team finds a practical path to helping children from families with low incomes build wealth. What would it take…

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CFI Brief: The Pitfalls and Flaws in “Impacts of Increasing Colorado’s Minimum Wage”

CFI Report: How ColoradoCare Would Affect Health Care Cost for Latinos and Immigrants

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