In just two weeks, any substantially sized company that produces packaging sold within Colorado — from plastic to glass to wood — must be registered with a new industry-led organization that will soon begin charging fees to fund a statewide recycling system.
Want to get state lawmakers’ attention? All you need is a few million dollars and an idea big enough to shake up Colorado’s policy landscape.
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The Colorado Legislature’s 2024 special session ended Thursday after a whirlwind four days, with lawmakers approving a bipartisan bill to reduce the assessment rate for residential properties.
Special session on property taxes has ended. What did legislators pass? Read More »
The reason lawmakers in the 74th General Assembly are back in session boils down to one reason, Republican Rep. Rick Taggart says.
It is simply Day 2 of the 74th General Assembly’s special session, but it has already become contentious.
Members of the 74th General Assembly are not the only ones working overtime during a special session called by Gov. Jared Polis.
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The agreement between Colorado property tax initiative supporters, the governor and a group of lawmakers passed its first committee on Monday afternoon. Another measure seeking to gain voter approval to put property tax measures on the ballot also advanced out of committee.
Making quick work of special session assignment, property tax bills clear first hurdles Read More »
Colorado legislators winnowed 13 property-tax bills down to just four during the first day of a special session Monday, but put a bill at the center of a governor-negotiated deal on a collision course with a constitutional amendment that could upend that deal.
When the second regular session of Colorado’s 74th General Assembly closed earlier this year, lawmakers believed they had reached consensus on a property tax plan.
Nine bills in the Colorado House and two more in the Colorado Senate are set to be introduced in the special session of the 74th General Assembly, along with others which have not been pre-released.
First bills of special session released by sponsors, including five by Republicans Read More »
