Paths still needed up from recession

Everyone who slogged through and survived the Great Recession wants to read a different story these days, one filled with good news about innovation, job growth and prosperity. Alas, a recent study by the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, based on 2012 income data from the U.S. Census, indicates that the slog is still very much with us.

Consider the following:

The median income of Coloradans has not – five years after the recession ended – recovered from the heart-stopping declines of 2007-2009. Real median income, in fact, has declined by $4,400, to $56,765, while the costs…