Tag: Legislature
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Colorado’s prison population management plan activated due to overcrowding
Ongoing issues within the Colorado Department of Corrections have prompted the state to trigger its Prison Population Management Measures — a policy framework established in 2018 to address overcrowding. It marks the first time the measures have been put into effect. Under the law, the governor must implement the management measures if the state’s prison…
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Colorado legislators deny move to delete ‘tax increase’ language in ballot title in statewide publication
Colorado legislators on Thursday rejected an attempt to change the title of a ballot measure in a widely disseminated publication in order to avoid mentioning that it would result in a tax increase for households with incomes above $300,000 a year. The proponent of the change argued that keeping “tax increase” in the measure’s title…
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Here is how Colorado’s corporate taxes will change
Colorado tax policy currently is “coupled” with federal tax policy. What that means is when the federal government changes tax policy, Colorado’s policy automatically conforms to those changes. Changes to the federal tax code enacted through H.R. 1 resulted in the state losing $1.2 billion in income tax revenue, Democrats and state analysts said. Republicans…
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Gov. Jared Polis restricts list of grants worth $250M to ‘pro-affordable housing’ communities
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday followed up on a May executive order that would limit hundreds of millions in state grants to only communities that adhere to new laws on housing, land use and parking restrictions. In May, the governor had threatened to pull at least $100 million in funding from local governments that have…
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Colorado governor, legislators have yet to agree how to plug $800M deficit | ANALYSIS
Colorado legislators will convene at the state Capitol in about two weeks without first having secured a deal—congress budget discussions are ongoing— with the governor or among themselves — outlining how to plug an $800 million budget deficit, which means the upcoming special session could be more open-ended and the fiscal prescriptions, whatever they may…
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Colorado governor, legislators have yet to agree how to plug $800M deficit | ANALYSIS
Colorado legislators will convene at the state Capitol in about two weeks without first having secured a deal—congress budget discussions are ongoing— with the governor or among themselves — outlining how to plug an $800 million budget deficit, which means the upcoming special session could be more open-ended and the fiscal prescriptions, whatever they may…
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Senate rejects Colorado judicial discipline appointee while approving another
The Colorado state Senate on Wednesday rejected the reappointment of the chairwoman to the state panel that handles judicial discipline but narrowly kept its vice-chair. Needing 18 votes to confirm their reappointments to the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, chairwoman Mindy Sooter came up two votes shy (19-16 against), while Jim Carpenter was approved by…
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Nuclear power as clean energy bill heads to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk
Nuclear energy has faced an uphill battle in Colorado’s General Assembly for years, but the combination of green energy goals, physics and technological advancements has convinced legislators to add nuclear power as one of the clean energy sources for electrical power. “Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource,” aka House Bill 25-1040, made it over…
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Colorado Supreme Court questions 2020 change to child neglect laws
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court pondered on Tuesday what the legislature meant to happen when it changed the state’s child neglect laws in 2020 to require more than a positive drug test at birth to deem a child neglected. The debate centered on the wording lawmakers chose to…
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Colorado unions, businesses may clash in state legislature in 2025
Denver Gazette editor Luige del Puerto explains how businesses and unions alike may resolve a dispute over union election procedures to Colorado’s state legislature in 2025.