Tag: advance colorado
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EDITORIAL: Another ballot attack on oil and gas
Since the passage of Senate Bill 19-181 in 2019, Colorado has been turning the screws on oil and gas development with the nation’s strictest industry regulations. Apparently for some, that isn’t enough. The activist environmental group Conservation Colorado, often a proxy for the Polis administration on climate issues, wants to overhaul the system with four…
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Redistricting fight escalates as Colorado Title Board clears competing ballot proposals
Colorado’s title board on Wednesday gave final approval to multiple ballot measures related to congressional redistricting, setting up a series of proposals that could alter how the state draws its U.S. House districts for the 2028 and 2030 elections. The board, which has final authority over ballot measure titles and language, has one remaining meeting…
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Colorado Title Board advances competing redistricting proposals, revised Pinnacol measure
With just two meetings left before an April 15 deadline, the state’s Title Board on Wednesday pushed through a slate of ballot measures, including a revised proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance and dueling plans to redraw Colorado’s congressional map. The measures set the stage for potential legal fights and a crowded November ballot. Any ballot…
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Colorado Title Board rejects challenges to graduated income tax ballot measure
The state body that determines whether a ballot measure contains a single subject has rejected challenges to eight versions of the push to change Colorado’s flat rate to a graduated income tax, thereby increasing the taxes on higher income earners. Opponents argued that the proposals wouldn’t just hike the taxes on higher-income individuals — they…
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Voters will decide proposal to repeal Colorado limits on police cooperation with immigration authorities
A ballot initiative backed by the group Advance Colorado has qualified for the November general election, setting up a statewide vote on whether to undo limitations placed upon state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to work with federal authorities. Ballot measure 95 would change the state constitution to require law enforcement to notify federal…
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EDITORIAL: A troubling tax hike is back on track
Even after three strikes, advocates for a “progressive” income tax aren’t out. Their proposal to replace Colorado’s 4.4% flat income-tax rate with an array of tax brackets is once again moving ahead toward next November’s ballot after state officials gave it a green light last week. The initiative had been derailed temporarily several times by…
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EDITORIAL: Let Colorado’s voters fight fentanyl if lawmakers won’t
A state-record-breaking Drug Enforcement Administration fentanyl seizure reported by the Gazette Monday illustrates why more action is needed — including a pending ballot measure — to fight the fatal and far-reaching opioid endemic. The flooding of fentanyl across Colorado remains so rampant, a Douglas County man happened across nearly 2 million fentanyl pills after purchasing…
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Advance Colorado’s Michael Fields is ‘very encouraged’ by election results
With three citizen initiatives on the ballot this election and two more that were withdrawn following a special legislative session over the summer, Advance Colorado has had a busy year. The organization, which describes itself as “focused on reversing radical policies that are harming the state and restoring common sense values and principles in Colorado,”…
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Colorado Dawn hit with campaign finance complaint
A campaign finance complaint has been filed against the independent expenditure committee Colorado Dawn, IEC. The expenditures at the heart of the complaint were paid for by Colorado Dawn’s 501(c)(4), at $872,000 for text messages and campaign flyers in support of school choice on the November ballot. Colorado Dawn is a 501(c)(4), and according to…
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Gov. Jared Polis signs bill to end Colorado’s ‘property tax wars’ — at least for 6 years
Hours after two groups withdrew two ballot measures on property taxes, Gov. Jared Polis fulfilled the last part of the deal by signing into law a compromise measure that is expected to further reduce — but not eliminate — the increases most Coloradans will pay for in property taxes in the next two years. House Bill 24B-1001 is…