Pinnacol and its advocates end effort to privatize via a state ballot initiative
Supporters of a ballot measure to disaffiliate Pinnacol Assurance from state control and use the proceeds to launch a fund to train skilled workers will…
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May 15 “Colorado Inside Out”: Legislative wins and losses
In this week’s “Colorado Inside Out” episode on Colorado Public Television, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives…
For third time, state board approves ballot title for progressive income tax
A Colorado election board gave proponents of a graduated income tax the OK for a third time Wednesday to move ahead with an initiative that’s…
Colorado officials again stall progressive income tax ballot initiative by declaring it to have multiple subjects
In a saga offering more twists than a soap opera, Colorado Title Board members reversed course on Wednesday and determined an initiative to establish a…
Title board gives OK for proponents to move ahead on progressive income tax measure
The effort to replace Colorado’s uniform tax rate with a graduated income tax is moving ahead again, after a state board ruled Wednesday that a…
Voters approved two-thirds of requested lodging-tax hikes
Six of nine Colorado counties that sought lodging-tax increases in last week’s election passed the measures, indicating that while residents in tourist-draw areas remain largely…
Advancing ballot initiative seeks boost for road funding
For the first time in half a decade, Coloradans may engage in debate next year about what the state’s transportation funding priorities should be, as…
Wednesday hearing ramps up discussion on ballot initiative to create progressive income-tax system
Though the 2026 election remains nearly 13 months away, debate is heating up around a proposed initiative that would replace Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax…
“Good-faith actor” now leading House GOP will have special business focus
Jarvis Caldwell has been a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, he’s been a realtor during a pandemic and he’s been both a staffer…
Colorado House minority leader, a leading business advocate, resigns
The “toxic” atmosphere that pushed two Democratic House members to leave in 2023 has crossed the aisle, leading to the resignation Monday of House Minority…