Colorado policymakers wrapped up this year’s legislative session on Wednesday night, following a hectic pace that saw them passing major proposals on housing, taxes and guns.
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The Colorado legislature debated more than 700 bills in the lawmaking term that ended Wednesday.
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Six counties have been awarded $894,411 in grant funding by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Electronic Recording Technology Board, a release received by Rocky Mountain Voice reads.
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A bill passed today, touted as the answer to skyrocketing property taxes, does NOT cut property taxes. Instead of paying an effective rate of 6.3% this year, you’ll be paying 6.8% next year.
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On May 1, 2024, The House Education Committee hearing for Colorado Senate Bill 24-158 proceeded without hearing from any of the 37 opponents registered to provide testimony against the bill. Capital insiders were struck by the one-sided monopolization of the hearing, where only testimony in support of the legislation was permitted. This raises concerns about legislative protocol and stakeholder engagement.
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In a fiery opinion on Tuesday, the federal appeals court based in Denver tore into a pair of COVID-19 vaccination policies the University of Colorado imposed on medical staff in late 2021, concluding they discriminated against certain religions and affected plaintiffs were consequently entitled to exemptions.
With just one day left in the legislative session, an eleventh-hour property tax deal has unanimously cleared two House committees and secured approval at its second reading on the floor.
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I think that, among other things, one-party dominance in this state has led to an arrogance on the part of the ruling party.
Colorado’s property tax code would be reimagined — with long-term rate cuts for homeowners and businesses and a local revenue cap — under a fiercely negotiated, last-minute bipartisan bill introduced in the legislature Monday that aims to provide tax relief while protecting funding for K-12 schools.
AColorado bill that would have banned the purchase, sale and transfer of a broad swath of semiautomatic firearms, defined in the measure as assault weapons, will be shelved at the request of one of its main sponsors.
