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Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity

The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in use by any public pension in the U.S.

DATE: Nov 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado marijuana sales – and tax dollars – are still falling

Sales peaked in the 2020-21 budget year, netting $424 million in taxes for the state

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats lose Colorado House supermajority – pending recounts

Final results are pending a recount in House Districts 16 and 19

DATE: Nov 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition KK: What voters should know about Colorado’s proposed excise tax on guns, ammunition

Referred to the ballot by the state legislature, Colorado’s Proposition KK would impose a new 6.5% excise tax on guns and ammunition to fund support services for crime victims and other programs

DATE: Nov 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment H: Creating a new board to investigate and discipline judges in Colorado

Proposal comes amid an alleged cover-up scandal

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment G: Should more disabled veterans qualify for Colorado’s homestead property tax break?

Measure would offer the state’s homestead property tax exemption to more veterans with disabilities

DATE: Oct 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Donald Trump, exaggerating about crime, visits Aurora

Former president used Colorado as a prop to attack Democrats on immigration

DATE: Oct 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment K: Colorado election officials would have more time to prepare ballots

Constitutional amendment, referred to voters by the state legislature, would move up a number of election deadlines so county clerks have an extra week to get ballots ready to send to voters

DATE: Sep 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor signs special session property tax bill; conservatives remove measures from November ballot

The bipartisan measure, House Bill 1001, cuts property taxes modestly for residents and some businesses and puts limits on how fast they can grow in the future

DATE: Sep 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s special session on property taxes may be a bumpy ride

It’s increasingly uncertain if a deal to cut taxes and prevent a pair of November ballot measures will survive

DATE: Aug 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado, U.S. Department of Justice sue RealPage over alleged price-fixing scheme to drive up rent

The federal lawsuit says RealPage controls as much as 80% of the national market for landlord revenue management software, giving it outsize power to “subvert competition” and distort the free market to the detriment of renters

DATE: Aug 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor calls special session on property taxes

Term will start Aug. 26 and last at least three days in order to send bill to governor’s desk

DATE: Aug 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News