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What to expect from Colorado’s special session on property taxes
A deal to further reduce property taxes sits on a razor’s edge as lawmakers prepare to convene into a special session and pass the compromise aimed at heading off two initiatives from the November general election. Some legislators are likely to push for more than a dozen bills — in draft form as of last…
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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…
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Cost of Colorado’s free school meals program is ‘out of control’
When Colorado voters approved “Healthy School Meals for All” two years ago, organizers behind the ballot initiative estimated the program would cost $115 million in its first year. The actual costs significantly exceeded that — $166 million — leaving state lawmakers scrambling with the financial fallout. “I don’t know why the costs have gotten so…
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Independent expenditure committee invests $1 million in Colorado primary races
An independent expenditure committee tied to former DaVita CEO Kent Thiry has invested $1.08 million in state House and Senate races in the past few days, backing more moderate Democrats and Republicans in a dozen races. The committee Let Colorado Vote Action was filed just one week ago, on June 17. On June 19, the…
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Colorado lawmakers introduce 705 bills in 2024 session, 525 approved
Final statistics on the bills offered by lawmakers during the 2024 session are in. As previously reported by Colorado Politics, lawmakers introduced 705 bills. That’s the most since 2019 when 721 bills were introduced, but far short of the record set in 2003, at 735. Here’s what happened to them. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The General…
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INSIGHTS | Bipartisanship on education commission will serve Polis well
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis did something right a couple of weeks ago. He appointed former state Rep. Jim Wilson to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The 11-member board was created by the legislature in 1965 to write policy on, well, higher education and enforce it…
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INSIGHTS | Bipartisanship on education commission will serve Polis well
Gov. Jared Polis did something right a couple of weeks ago. He appointed former state Rep. Jim Wilson to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The 11-member board was created by the legislature in 1965 to write policy on, well, higher education and enforce it through the state Department of Education. The definition of higher…