Defending the Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR)
Chieftain editorial Published: March 30, 2015; THE FOUNTAIN Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District has a request. The district last week asked Pueblo County commissioners and Colorado Springs Utilities to amend the 1041 permit ....
By Marianne Goodland The Colorado Statesman Budget writers this week finished their work on the annual state budget and turned their attention to what to do about a $58 million projected TABOR refund. Sen. Pat ....
This is the story of how the new global economy was born, a century-long battle as to which would control the commanding heights of the world's economies -- governments or markets; the story of intellectual ....
Ed SealoverReporter-Denver Business Journal Some Denver business leaders are pushing a state budget fix that would ensure a boost in transportation funding and could help to increase education spending simply by moving the six-year-old hospital ....
As an interesting side note, while TABOR is well-known in Colorado, relatively few states have a similar government spending limit mechanism in their constitutions. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) actually has a model bill that is ....
It has been almost 15 years, but hard-working Colorado taxpayers may be in for a TABOR refund in the near future. The combination of an improving economy and tax receipts from the state’s nascent marijuana ....
Personal income rose enough in Colorado last year to trigger provisions that could redirect $1.25 billion in extra funds to repair the state's roads and buildings over the next five years. But those transfers may ....
(Jim Wilson) The March Revenue Forecast is in and the "Battle Over Bucks" is gearing up under the Golden Dome. Throughout this session, I have been alerting you to the fact that a battle was ....
By Charles Ashby Saturday, March 21, 2015 DENVER — The Colorado Legislature has entered Bizarro World. The revenue forecast it received last week confirmed that while the state’s economy is booming overall, and its coffers ....
It’s not uncommon for interest groups or local governments to go into defense-lobbying mode once they see a bill put forward that they don’t like or even once they hear the details of a bill ....