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State budget shortfall eases
Slight surplus this year; Ritter says volatility prevents reversing cuts
By Tim Hoover The Denver Post

U R G IN G C A U T ION

Colorado could finish the current budget year nearly $150 million in the black and
the shortfall next year could be nearly $1 billion less than previously estimated,
economic forecasters said Friday. But in delivering the first report of improving

state revenues since 2008, Gov. Bill Ritter urged caution. “It’s the best forecast
we’ve seen in almost two years, and it indicates that our strategies are working
and the economy is slowly beginning to stabilize,” Ritter said. “However, one
improved forecast does not stability make.” Ritter said he’s not reversing any
of the cuts in

the current fiscal year that ends in June, or in the 2010-11 year. And despite urging
from Republicans, he said he won’t restore any of the business tax exemptions and
credits lawmakers recently cut, which are expected to bring the state more than $100
million by 2010-11. “The economy remains volatile, and we need
REVENUE » 9A

“We are beginning a recovery, but it’s very, very slow.”
Natalie Mullis, chief economist for Legislative Council

TRADITION GOES FORWARD

HEA L TH C A R E R EF O R M

Dems left looking to abortion opponents
In the scramble for support for a Sunday vote, Medicare payments are another sticking
point.
By David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear The New York Times

ancers make their way around the Denver Coliseum on Friday during the Grand Entry
at the 36th annual Denver March Pow Wow. Last year’s event attracted more than
1,200 dancers and 34 drum groups. The festival, which includes more than 185 booths
with American Indian arts and crafts, runs through Sunday. Kathryn Scott Osler, The
Denver Post


Photo gallery. More images from the Denver March Pow Wow.
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washington» House Democratic leaders late Friday were exploring the possibility
of a deal with abortion opponents that would clinch the final votes to pass major
health care legislation, but they faced stiff resistance from lawmakers who support
abortion rights. It was not clear whether the bill could win approval without some
concessions to Democrats seeking tighter abortion restrictions. In similar late-hour
wrangling in November, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., succeeded in winning approval of
tight limits on insurance coverage of abortions in the House health care bill. Stupak
has said he would oppose the current measure without similar limits. Other Democratic
opponents of abortion have said they are satisfied with the language in the Senate
bill that bans the use of federal money to pay for coverage of the procedure, and
they have pledged support for the package, expected to come to a decisive vote in
the House on Sunday. “We don’t want another vote on abortion,” said Rep. Diana
DeGette, D-Colo.,
HEALTH CARE » 14A

Video. Watch the Grand Entry.
»denverpost.com/video

INSIDE

NATION & WORLD

DENVER & THE WEST

INSIDE & OUT

LITTLE NOTICE TAKEN OF IRAQ ANNIVERSARY
With so much else going on — a weak economy, a debate over health care reform,
an expanding war in Afghanistan — it is easy to lose sight of the fact that Americans
are still fighting and dying in Iraq, seven years after the U.S. invasion. »4A

OUR HOMES, OUR SELVES
Boulder designer Wynn Wagoner uses clients’ lives to create beautiful homes that
tell their stories. »1D Rep. Diana DeGette, above, is one of eight deputy “whips”
in the U.S. House who have been twisting the arms of undecided lawmakers to vote
for health care legislation. Whipping votes is a mainstay of the way Congress operates,
but rarely has it worked at such a high pitch. “It will be just nonstop,” says
DeGette, a Denver Democrat, of the push to round up the 216 votes needed for passage.
»14A

LATE-WINTER SNOW SNARLS TRAFFIC
Just before today’s official arrival of spring, winter sends Colorado a sloppy,
slushy reminder that March is the snowiest month. »1B, 4B

COMING SUNDAY
Land war» Growing
churches need room to expand. But most cities prefer that their scarce vacant space
go to revenueproducing entities.

Foreign affairs» Putin airs trade grievances during Clinton visit. »13A

Senate bails on rafting bill. The Colorado Senate sank a measure that would have
guaranteed rafters the right to float the state’s whitewater rivers. The Senate
amended the bill to study the issue first. »2B

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