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Colorado lawmakers reach last-minute bipartisan property tax deal that averts cuts to K-12 funding

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. 

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Bill to ban purchase, sale and transfer of so-called assault weapons in Colorado will be shelved

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.

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New charges filed against Littleton bus aide, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse to nonverbal students

Prosecutors filed additional charges this week against a former Littleton Public Schools bus aide accused of beating two nonverbal students, revealing more incidents of alleged abuse on their way to and from school.

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Colorado owes taxpayers $34M in refunds it never sent. That means trouble for the state budget. 

The state government owes Colorado taxpayers an extra $34 million in refunds it should have sent out years ago, legislative budget staff told lawmakers Friday, blowing a hole in the state’s budget with just days left in the 2024 legislative session.

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