TABOR
Federal court revives long-fought lawsuit in Colorado challenging TABOR
In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court said the local governments do have a right to sue. The court didn't rule on the merits of the lawsuit.
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Nicolais: More than TABOR suffered defeat in the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent decision
By Mario Nicolais Opinion
How much Colorado taxpayers will get in TABOR refunds depends on these two wildcards
By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado voters may face ballot question to repeal TABOR after court ruling with “broad implications”
By Brian Eason Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Coloradans may face 4 spending questions this year. Will new nicotine tax measure overload the ballot?
The proposal, announced Wednesday by Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic state lawmakers, would set a uniform nicotine tax at 62 percent. That would lift the taxes on a package of cigarettes to $2.49 from 84 cents.
Jared Polis made a lot of promises in bid for governor. Here’s his progress on the 10 biggest.
The pledges the Democratic candidates made on education, health care, oil and gas and TABOR all rank at the top of his list
Coloradans were set to get a property tax cut. Gov. Polis is mulling a workaround to stop it.
Averting the cut would free up state money that lawmakers could spend on schools and roads, but homeowners would miss out on planned property tax relief
Colorado lawmakers want to eliminate spending caps. Here’s how the TABOR overhaul would work.
Any additional revenue would go toward K-12 schools, transportation and higher education in Colorado
These numbers describe Colorado’s economic outlook — and whether Polis will get full-day kindergarten
Gov. Jared Polis says there’s enough money to cover the cost of full-day kindergarten, but the state’s budget writers remain unconvinced
Worried about slowing economy, Democrats look to delay Polis pledge for full-day kindergarten
Democratic lawmakers are considering a phase-in of full-day kindergarten funding, but Gov. Jared Polis opposes the idea
Democratic lawmakers want to ask voters in 2019 to end TABOR cap, but Polis is not so sure
The measure would amount to the most substantial effort in years to rollback the state’s unique limits on government spending
