Colorado budget analysts project that sports betting tax revenues will be as high as $24 million in the current 2022-23 fiscal year, which began July 1. That’s double what was collected in the prior year.
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Posted inOutdoors
Colorado’s first avalanche death of 2022-23 winter happens on Berthoud Pass
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Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado governor commutes 4 inmates’ sentences, pardons 20 people, including state trooper who guarded Capitol
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Posted inEnvironment
Colorado shoppers will be charged 10 cents per plastic and paper bag starting Jan. 1
People who are in federal or state food assistance programs don’t pay the fees as long as they can prove that they are enrolled in one of those programs
Posted inPolitics and Government
Two ballot measures Colorado voters just passed slashed state tax revenue. They won’t slash the state budget — yet.
Nonpartisan Legislative Council Staff and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting presented their quarterly economic and tax revenue forecasts to state lawmakers Tuesday
Posted inPolitics and Government
Kristi Burton Brown won’t seek another term as Colorado GOP chair after Republicans’ 2022 losses
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Posted inPolitics and Government
Judge overseeing Tina Peters’ criminal prosecution won’t be deposed in separate case against indicted Mesa County clerk
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett’s deposition isn’t necessary in a contempt of court case against Peters. The deposition threatened to upend the separate criminal case against Peters.
Posted inPolitics and Government
What’s in a domain name? Colorado may spend $2 million to switch to .gov.
Until recently, all email addresses for state employees used the state.co.us domain name extension
Posted inPolitics and Government
U.S. Supreme Court case could totally undermine Colorado’s new congressional redistricting process
The North Carolina case — Moore v. Harper — hinges on the question of who has the ultimate authority when it comes to redistricting
Posted inElection 2022
Lauren Boebert’s narrow victory confirmed by mandatory recount in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
The recount had to be completed by Tuesday. Democrat Adam Frisch conceded to Boebert on Nov. 18 after it became clear he couldn’t win.