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Colorado could use $700 million of TABOR surplus on a new child tax credit

Starting Spring 2025, Colorado’s lower-income families could receive an average of $2,500 per year under a state-level child tax credit. The proposal, which is moving forward at the statehou...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘You shouldn’t have to pay your deductible twice’ — Lawmakers search for solutions after insurance implosion

When the health insurer Friday Health shut down its Colorado operations last summer, it left 30,000 Coloradans scrambling for new health insurance. It wasn’t just a hassle — it came with tho...

DATE: Feb 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Should churches and others be held accountable for past sex abuse? Colorado voters may decide

More people who survived childhood sexual abuse could gain the ability to sue the perpetrators and their employers – if Colorado voters agree to a constitutional amendment proposed by state ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado could spend $18 million – and use a controversial legal power – to get ADUs built

Dozens of Colorado cities would have to allow the construction of auxiliary dwelling units (ADUs) under a bill proposed by state lawmakers. ADUs, also known as “granny flats,” are small, fre...

DATE: Jan 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado could pay $3,000 to thousands of people leaving prison – if they stick to the program

Under a proposed new law, many people leaving jail and prison in Colorado would get some extra help from the state government. They could receive up to $3,000 each in state funds to help wit...

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

With the special session done, Colorado’s next tax debate is already starting

Colorado’s special legislative session took four days to finish and affected hundreds of millions of dollars of taxes – but only for next year. That means the next debate is already beginnin...

DATE: Nov 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How did property taxes become a political emergency in Colorado? 40 years of history and one wild market

Pam Giordano and her husband bought their tri-level home nearly 30 years ago. The price sounds almost unbelievable today: $138,000 for a couple thousand square feet of south Denver real esta...

DATE: Nov 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

On first day of special session, Democrats and Republicans offer dueling property tax plans

Colorado homeowners would collectively get about $388 million of property tax relief under the plan proposed by statehouse Democrats as their extraordinary session gaveled in Friday. What’s ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What Colorado lawmakers could do in their special session on property taxes (and more)

When state lawmakers return to the state Capitol on Friday for a special session, the main focus will be on lowering property tax rates – an urgent action, said Gov. Jared Polis, before a bi...

DATE: Nov 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Why a judge decided to keep Colorado’s three-day gun law in effect as lawsuit continues

People buying guns in Colorado will have to continue waiting three extra days to take possession of their firearms, a judge ruled on Monday. The three-day waiting period is required by a new...

DATE: Nov 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Harder than algebra,’ Proposition HH causes confusion on Colorado voters’ ballots

Voters in Colorado had a lot of homework this fall. While there were only two items on the statewide ballot, one of them was Proposition HH – a sprawling tax reform package that has once aga...

DATE: Nov 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado to fully fund public schools for first time in 14 years

It has been more than 20 years since Colorado voters amended the state Constitution to create supposedly mandatory funding requirements for public schools. Turns out, they weren’t so mandato...

DATE: Nov 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News