| No Pa. Stimulus Package This Year, Rendell Says
Gov. Ed Rendell put the brakes on a plan to give hundreds of dollars to families struggling to make ends meet. "I'd say it's not dead. It's delayed for a year," Rendell said. Rendell announced the plan last month. He wanted to use the state's rainy day fund to offer one-time payments of $400 to about 475,000 lower-income families in hopes that it would stimulate the economy. But Wednesday, Rendell said there weren't enough lawmakers who supported the plan. .
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Extra!, March 25
Just file a return with the IRS, which says it has more than $20 million in unclaimed refunds for Colorado taxpay- ers who had taxes with- held or made esti- mated pay- ments but did not file a federal income tax return for 2004. 22,900 Coloradans could get refunds, half of them for more than $504. The deadline to file a return and collect is April 15. * Information: go to IRS.gov; call 800-829-3676 for past year tax forms, or call 800-829-1040 for toll-free tax help. HE SAID IT "Oh, the things we do for our children." David Smith, who lived in Broomfield on weekdays and Highlands Ranch on weekends so both of his sons could compete in spelling bees. Story, 6 AWARD FOR RUSSERT Emmy Award-winning NBC journalist Tim Russert will receive the 14th Annual Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club on April 13.
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