The Colorado Sun

Colorado conservatives want a property tax cap. The state’s bipartisan tax commission hates the idea.

In late January, Colorado’s bipartisan tax commission took an informal poll among its 19 members to gauge support for the dozen or so ideas they’d been discussing to deliver tax relief to homeowners.

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Weld Commissioner James exits GOP primary in 8th Congressional District, making Evans more likely to be nominee

Weld County Commissioner Scott James on Tuesday abruptly exited the Republican primary in Colorado’s highly competitive 8th Congressional District, making it more likely that state Rep. Gabe Evans will be the GOP nominee in the toss-up district come November. 

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Under Prop. 123, Colorado has allocated millions in funds this year to governments and housing organizations

State leaders have already distributed millions of dollars this year to dozens of local governments and housing organizations that have pledged to build affordable units across Colorado in the coming years.

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A new — and much gentler — property tax hike is proposed for Colorado short-term rental properties

A proposed property tax hike on Colorado short-term rental owners would only kick in for people with three or more homes under new legislation proposed as a gentler alternative to a further-reaching measure also being debated at the state Capitol this year. 

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Parents of medically fragile kids can’t find nurses because the pay is so low. They want Colorado lawmakers to step in. 

Nurses willing to care for medically fragile children and adults — including patients who use feeding tubes, can’t walk or speak, and rarely leave their homes — are hard to find in Colorado. 

Parents of medically fragile kids can’t find nurses because the pay is so low. They want Colorado lawmakers to step in.  Read More »