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Individuals paying for health insurance in New Mexico gear up for new wave of rate increases

By | 09.19.11 | 11:21 am

Self-employed New Mexicans relying on Blue Cross Blue Shield health care services are due to incur a ten percent increase on premiums paid less than a year after the insurance company hiked up rates by 21 percent.

Colo. tax hikes proposed by University of Denver researchers fall short of neighboring states’ current rates

By | 09.06.11 | 5:57 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

News outlets in Colorado reported last week that researchers at the University of Denver recommended tax hikes to fill yawning future budget gaps. In fact, the researchers made no recommendations. What they did was offer two scenarios for public consideration by which the state could meet its More…

Schumer: The Banks’ Computer Literacy Ain’t a One-Way Street

By | 04.23.09 | 5:26 pm

It’s all credit cards, all day long. And Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee went on MSNBC, this afternoon to reiterate his earlier call for the Federal Reserve to prevent credit card companies from hiking rates on existing balances — something Congress is now More…