Author: By Marissa Ventrelli Colorado Politics
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Study: USDA relocation to Fort Collins to boost jobs, local economy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s planned relocation of up to 2,600 employees to Fort Collins could bring more than $1 billion in new business output and over 6,000 new jobs to the area by the end of next year, according to a study by the think tank Common Sense Institute. In July, Agriculture Secretary Brooke…
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Colorado voters face complicated options on property taxes in November
Colorado voters face two broad options that seek to tackle soaring property tax valuations — one enacted by lawmakers to cut both residential and commercial assessment rates and another via proposed initiatives to revert taxing levels back to two years ago and then place a hard cap on revenue growth. To lawmakers, their bipartisan proposal…