Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed several tax-related bills into law Tuesday, including two that deliver what officials are touting as historic cuts to taxes of different kinds. One reduces income and sales taxes. Senate Bill 228 cuts the state’s income rate by up to 0.15% in years when state revenue handily exceeds the cap set … Read more
Coloradans can expect two years of free college for qualifying students, long-term property tax reform after years of Band-Aid measures, and denser development following a legislative session that Democratic leaders called a “breakthrough” for many of their long-held policy goals. A year removed from the bitter divisions and policy losses that marked the 2023 General … Read more
Unlike last year, the end of the Colorado legislative session Wednesday came with no fireworks — no protest walkouts, no intracaucus tensions boiling over into public, no last-minute implosions of keystone policy bills. The final day of lawmakers’ nearly four-month session instead was dominated by noticeably brighter spirits as the General Assembly put the finishing … Read more
Ping-ponging property tax rates could reach long-term stability if a proposal introduced in the Colorado legislature on Monday beats the clock for when the body must finish its work this week. But the proposal, while rallying support inside the State Capitol, did not appear likely to stop ballot initiatives backed by powerful, deep-pocketed interests on … Read more
Leading Colorado Democrats and the state’s oil and gas industry announced a preemptive armistice Monday — one that seeks to defuse the latest round of dueling ballot initiatives and legislation aimed at the industry and its environmental impacts. The proposals, described to reporters by Gov. Jared Polis and legislative leadership, include imposing a new per-barrel … Read more
A wolf killed a calf over the weekend in Jackson County, the second time in less than a week that the death of livestock in Colorado has been attributed to a wolf, wildlife officials confirmed Monday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials on Sunday morning responded to a report of possible depredation of a calf after … Read more
A bipartisan group of Colorado policymakers approved nearly a dozen recommendations to soften the pinch of property tax increases Friday, including an “adjustable cap” on future hikes and mechanisms to spread out hefty tax bills. State Sen. Chris Hansen is chairman of the state Property Tax Commission, which issued its recommendations Friday. (Photo by AAron … Read more
Florida’s Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the state’s arguments Wednesday that the language on a ballot initiative to protect abortion rights was misleading. Nathan Forrester, who argued on behalf of the state attorney general’s office, urged the court to disqualify the measure. He said voters won’t understand what the amendment will do because the … Read more
