Weekly Roundup: Denver Health Immigrant Crisis, Property Taxes Increasing by 25%, Arapahoe County Commissioners Want to Eliminate TABOR

By Brandon Wark | SOURCE: FREE STATE COLORADO

This week, we look at the crisis at Denver Health, public school enrollment, home permitting delays, Arapahoe County tax protections under threat, the split in the Democratic House Caucus, the Ouray newspaper theft, and look at an event hosted by the Colorado Union of Taxpayers this week!

New immigrants pose ‘difficult dilemma’ as Denver Health sees thousands of unpaid medical visits: https://denvergazette.com/news/new-immigrants-pose-difficult-dilemma-as-denver-health-sees-700-increase-in-patients/article_93bbba78-b4b0-11ee-83bf-93150c61a814.html

Colorado’s public school enrollment hits lowest level in a decade: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/17/colorado-public-school-enrollment-2023/

Delayed permit approvals increases home building costs, Denver auditors say: https://denvergazette.com/news/denver-home-permitting-review-audit/article_5fe29a3c-b64a-11ee-85a9-bfb05acf0099.html

Will Arapahoe County voters forfeit sensible TABOR tax caps?: https://www.coballot.com/arapahoe-county-ballot/

The Unaffiliated | Challengers take big fundraising leads in Colorado House primaries.: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcoloradosun.com%2F2024%2F01%2F19%2Funaffiliated-20240119%2F

Colorado property taxes may increase 25%: https://denvergazette.com/news/colorado-25-percent-property-tax-increase/article_d07ae376-b8a7-11ee-8622-6b46b65e07b4.html

Bring back the old TABOR | CALDARA: https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/bring-back-the-old-tabor-caldara/article_f0e0f82e-b732-11ee-932e-138086e69a79.html

Suspect identified in Ouray County newspaper theft: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdenvergazette.com%2Fnews%2Fouray-theft-suspect%2Farticle_8ccb45fc-b7e0-11ee-b820-afee98c8cde9.html

Join CUT for its Legislative Kick-off Event: https://secure.anedot.com/fdcd7330-b447-4aad-b874-89b51064f678/event-registration