Tag: Advance Colorado
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Colorado group files 6 ballot measures to counter redistricting proposals backed by Democrats
A half-dozen congressional redistricting ballot measures were filed Friday by a Colorado advocacy group in response to proposals filed last week from a group seeking to flip three Republican-held U.S. House seats in two years. “The gist of it is adding criteria around competitiveness and not allowing maps to be drawn to benefit one political…
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Colorado Title Board rejects challenges to graduated income tax ballot measure
The state body that determines whether a ballot measure contains a single subject has rejected challenges to eight versions of the push to change Colorado’s flat rate to a graduated income tax, thereby increasing the taxes on higher income earners. Opponents argued that the proposals wouldn’t just hike the taxes on higher-income individuals — they…
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Voters will decide proposal to repeal Colorado limits on police cooperation with immigration authorities
A ballot initiative backed by the group Advance Colorado has qualified for the November general election, setting up a statewide vote on whether to undo limitations placed upon state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to work with federal authorities. Ballot measure 95 would change the state constitution to require law enforcement to notify federal…
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EDITORIAL: A troubling tax hike is back on track
Even after three strikes, advocates for a “progressive” income tax aren’t out. Their proposal to replace Colorado’s 4.4% flat income-tax rate with an array of tax brackets is once again moving ahead toward next November’s ballot after state officials gave it a green light last week. The initiative had been derailed temporarily several times by…
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Colorado ballot measure for tougher fentanyl penalties moves forward
A proposed measure that would increase penalties for fentanyl manufacturing, distribution and possession has collected enough signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot, following several failed attempts by the state legislature to pass similar legislation. Backed by Advance Colorado, the ballot initiative would make the sale of any amount of fentanyl a Class 1 felony,…
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EDITORIAL: Let Colorado’s voters fight fentanyl if lawmakers won’t
A state-record-breaking Drug Enforcement Administration fentanyl seizure reported by the Gazette Monday illustrates why more action is needed — including a pending ballot measure — to fight the fatal and far-reaching opioid endemic. The flooding of fentanyl across Colorado remains so rampant, a Douglas County man happened across nearly 2 million fentanyl pills after purchasing…
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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
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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
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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…