Johnson: Conservatives, beware of Building a Better Colorado’s spending agenda

Johnson: Conservatives, beware of Building a Better Colorado’s spending agenda by Donald E.L. Johnson on January 20, 2016 Donald E.L. Johnson Colorado conservatives who want to control spending and taxes in the state should keep ....

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Roberts: Colorado can’t balance its budget by ignoring its constitution

"My legislative duty includes necessarily upholding constitutional requirements." - Senator Ellen Roberts We’re past the ceremonial days of the 2016 legislature and the only tasks we must complete in a session, based on the state’s ....

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Guest Commentary: An unlawful swipe at TABOR on hospital provider “enterprise”

By Penn Pfiffner Penn Pfiffner is a former Colorado legislator. He is chairman of the TABOR Committee. Here's a bad idea: hide a state government function off-budget and sock citizens with a big tax increase ....

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Court to hear arguments about whether TABOR is constitutional

Corey Hutchins January 19, 2016 Lawyers on Thursday will argue their case before a federal judge about why they believe Colorado’s voter-initiated Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment to the state Constitution is, well, a violation of the U.S. Constitution. ....

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Mayors call for ‘de-Brucing’ Colorado at DBJ State of the Cities forum

Molly Armbrister ReporterDenver Business Journal Mayors from across the Denver metro on Tuesday railed against gridlock at both the state and federal levels while discussing local and regional solutions to problems such as affordable housing ....

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