Tag: Bell Policy Center
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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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Colorado title board OKs ballot measures to eliminate flat income tax in favor of graduated brackets
Proponents hoping to change Colorado’s income tax structure from a flat rate to graduated tiers — thereby raising taxes for some brackets — walked away from a Wednesday meeting with eight ballot measures approved by the title board. The coalition backing the graduated income tax change now must pick which one to move onto the…
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Income tax overhaul in Colorado clears first hurdle, as revised estimate puts tax hike at $4 billion
A state panel on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a ballot measure that seeks to change Colorado’s flat rate of 4.41% to a graduated income tax, beginning in 2027, and raise billions dollars in new revenue. Now the proponents of the measure – which would appear on the 2026 ballot, assuming they gather sufficient signatures…
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Colorado title board to review graduated income tax proposal for 2026 election
The Secretary of State’s title board on Wednesday will review another attempt at a graduated income tax ballot measure for the 2026 general election. In October, the title board had rejected two proposals submitted by the Bell Policy Center because they did not fit the state’s single-subject rule. A third was withdrawn. The two ballot…
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Colorado title board rejects graduated income tax ballot measures
Colorado’s title board on Wednesday unanimously rejected two ballot measure proposals submitted by a policy think tank that would change the state’s flat income tax rate — in which everyone currently pays the same rate of 4.41% — to a graduated income tax, where people with incomes of up to $500,000 would get a small…
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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method
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While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
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Colorado think tanks spar over homelessness spending report
Colorado’s think tanks on Friday sparred over a new report saying the cost of tackling homelessness in metro Denver is on track to cost $2 billion over three years, with critics calling the study unreliable, even intentionally misleading, and authors standing squarely behind their research, insisting it’s transparent and accurate. If the intense criticism and…
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Colorado Politics, Denver Gazette, 9NEWS host legislative leaders in Zoom town hall
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislative leaders and Gov. Jared Polis will lay out the stakes, likelihoods and possibilities for another truncated legislative session online Friday, Feb. 12. The town hall, to be conducted on Zoom teleconferencing software, begins…