Friednash: Polis’ anti-income tax position isn’t as outlandish as it sounds
Imagine if Colorado had no state income tax. Last week at a conservative political conference, Gov. Jared Polis floated the idea of reimagining Colorado’s state tax structure to eliminate income taxes,...
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Schrader: Anschutz’s $8 million Colorado lawsuit is everything wrong with...
Philip Anschutz — Colorado’s benevolent billionaire — should have read the mood in the room before he filed a lawsuit retroactively seeking to apply new federal tax law to get an $8 million Colorado...
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How Gov. Jared Polis and other ultrawealthy politicians avoided paying taxes
By Ellis Simani, Robert Faturechi and Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. As a member of Congress, Jared Polis was one of the loudest Democrats demanding...
View ArticleEditorial: Polis wants to help the rich — including himself — pay more taxes
Tax day should be a day of mourning in the United States. The federal government rakes in money from those living on its soil, both citizens and non-permanent residents, in such an arbitrary and...
View ArticleYour TABOR refund, explained: Lower-income people gain most, while top...
Democrats are excited to spread the word about a program they’re calling the “Colorado Cashback,” which is set to send income taxpayers checks of $750 — joint filers will get $1,500 — starting in the...
View ArticleEditorial: Releasing Trump’s tax returns will do good — even if the motive is...
The decision made by Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee to release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns was absolutely in the best interests of Americans, even if their motivations...
View ArticleGrappling with Colorado’s property taxes, attracting data centers, gun bills...
Property tax commission recommends tweaks as ballot proposal battle heats up A bipartisan group of Colorado policymakers approved nearly a dozen recommendations to soften the pinch of property tax...
View ArticleColorado legislature: Both approaches on construction defects reform appear...
The Colorado legislature began its mad rush into weekend work on Friday as the end of the 2024 session comes into sight, with plenty of major legislation still unfinished. Lawmakers have until the end...
View ArticleColorado legislature: Same-sex marriage amendment to go to voters; Senate...
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to...
View ArticleColorado legislature: Property tax agreement is elusive; land-use bills...
The Colorado legislature is returning Sunday during the final weekend of work in its 2024 session, set to end Wednesday. Among major pieces of legislation still pending are gun regulations, housing,...
View ArticleColorado legislature: Property tax deal leaves out key groups; House passes...
Lawmakers in the Colorado House and Senate face a time crunch as the end of the legislative session approaches on Wednesday and are working to pass bills on property tax relief, gun regulations,...
View ArticleNew property tax relief proposal gives Colorado lawmakers hope for peace in...
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...
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Colorado legislature: Bill giving governments first crack at some housing...
The Colorado House and Senate convened for the penultimate day of the 2024 session Tuesday as they rushed to wrap up legislation on property taxes, gun regulations, housing, land-use policy,...
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Colorado lawmakers end session with camaraderie, finalizing property tax...
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...
View ArticleVoters likely to overrule legislative fix to address property tax spike, head...
Colorado voters will likely side with two ballot measures promising greater property tax relief than what a bipartisan legislative compromise rushed through in the session’s final hours is offering,...
View ArticleLetters: Could we one day see stars in Denver again?
Let’s turn out some lights in the city too Re: “Residents are darkening the skies to aid millions of migratory birds,” and “Grand Lake selected for DarkSky Colorado mentorship program,” May 12 news...
View ArticleOpinion: A national debt crisis is coming, politicians need to recognize the...
Our federal debt is a looming crisis and hard choices are coming. America’s future fiscal outlook is disastrous but forgotten on the campaign trail this year. The national debt is setting historic...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis calls special session on property taxes — the...
Gov. Jared Polis has called the state legislature into a special session aimed at building on recent property tax cuts and heading off a pair of ballot measures that opponents warn would be disastrous...
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Property tax deal clears key debate in Colorado House as progressives...
The property tax reform bill at the center of state officials’ deal with conservative activists to pull back a pair of ballot initiatives advanced on schedule Tuesday, clearing a key hearing before the...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ chief of staff to leave for job at UCHealth
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ chief of staff will leave the administration next week to take a job overseeing government relations for UCHealth. Then-Speaker Alec Garnett of the Colorado House of...
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