Tag: Advance Colorado
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Advance Colorado’s Michael Fields is ‘very encouraged’ by election results
With three citizen initiatives on the ballot this election and two more that were withdrawn following a special legislative session over the summer, Advance Colorado has had a busy year. The organization, which describes itself as “focused on reversing radical policies that are harming the state and restoring common sense values and principles in Colorado,”…
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Bipartisan coalition supports looming special session on property tax reform
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just hours before a special commission on property tax convenes today, a bipartisan coalition has submitted a letter that raises concerns about the potential impact of Advance Colorado’s Initiatives 50 and 108 on the state’s financial health. More than 40 state and local organizations signed…
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Signatures submitted to add Colorado property tax initiative to November ballot
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A ballot initiative to reduce property tax assessment rates has received enough signatures to qualify for the November 2024 ballot, its sponsors announced Tuesday. Proposition 108, also known as the Citizens’ Tax Cut, has submitted nearly 200,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office, exceeding…
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Democrats sues Jena Griswold, one of their own, over Kevin Priola decision
A lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Monday against the Colorado Secretary of State challenges her decision to allow voters in the new Senate District 13 to determine the fate of state Sen. Kevin Priola, the Republican-turned-Democrat from Henderson. Priola currently represents Senate District 25, primarily based in eastern Adams County. The lawsuit, which seeks…
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Confusion swirls as Colorado imposes new retail delivery fee, catching businesses by surprise
Colorado consumers will start noticing a 27-cent fee on receipts for almost everything that gets delivered to them, including restaurant food, after Colorado’s new “retail delivery fee” took effect July 1. The fee must be collected and paid to the state by retailers “on all deliveries by motor vehicle to a location in Colorado with…