Coloradans have rejected statewide tax questions to pay for badly needed road improvements and repairs in back-to-back years, most recently earlier this month with Proposition CC. But Democrats are still driven to find a long-term funding pipeline to address problems like crumbling infrastructure and congestion. While their preference remains to find a catch-all fix — […]
Proposition 110
Posted inBusiness, Education, News, Politics and Government, Transportation
In-state tuition at Colorado universities could rise up to 3% on average under governor’s budget plan
In-state tuition at Colorado’s state-run colleges and universities could rise as much as 3% on average under Gov. Jared Polis’ budget proposal presented to state lawmakers on Wednesday, leaving some alarmed about the prospect of driving up the cost of higher education. The Democrat wants to spent $147 million on higher education, up a relatively […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Congestion is killing Colorado, and Proposition 110 is urgently needed
I remember riding the Denver Zephyr — a sleek, streamlined train — from Union Station to Colorado Springs. Gliding along the South Platte River, up Plum Creek and past Castle Rock, we breezed through the Greenland buttes and over Monument Hill, with Pikes Peak dominating the view. Next to the train tracks, a new […]
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Environment, Growth, News, Politics and Government
Fact check: What’s true (and what’s not) about 2018 Colorado ballot measures
The Colorado ballot is crowded this year with questions about taxes, transportation, energy and education — not to mention a bunch of local issues. All the competing messages flooding the TV airwaves makes it difficult to know up from down and how to vote. MORE: A preview of Colorado’s 2018 ballot: Taxes, roads and an existential […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Traffic will only get worse if voters approve Proposition 110
Are you stuck in traffic? You did not create this mess. Our elected leaders did. And if you vote in favor of Proposition 110, it’ll just get worse. Explosive population growth is the biggest threat to Colorado’s quality of life, and to Colorado’s wild landscapes and rivers. Supporting Proposition 110 will just fuel and subsidize […]
Posted inGrowth, News, Politics and Government, Transportation
Colorado Propositions 109 and 110 are all about how to pay for roads. They’re also about everything else.
For the better part of the past 10 years, the question has left Colorado state policymakers paralyzed. How should the state boost funding to transportation, when neither side can even agree on what the transportation grid should look like — much less how to pay for it? This November, the question will be taken directly […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Jared Polis maintains lead in new poll, but Democratic enthusiasm is what to watch
Democrat Jared Polis remains in a comfortable lead in the Colorado governor’s race, according to a new poll, but the numbers showing a partisan gap in voter enthusiasm are even more troubling for Republicans. A survey of likely voters released Wednesday from Magellan Strategies found Democrats are more energized to vote in Colorado’s 2018 midterms, […]