74th Special Session

Making quick work of special session assignment, property tax bills clear first hurdles

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.

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On opening day of special session, lawmakers kill most bills, advance tax cut, constitutional change

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.

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‘Their property taxes have gone up exponentially’: Rose Pugliese addresses Mighty 19 in opening of special session

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.

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House Democrat wants to block any further ballot measures on property tax, but it could blow up special session deal

A proposal for the three-day special session that starts on Aug. 26 would ask voters for a constitutional change to block any further statewide ballot measures that would limit property tax revenue.

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Constas: Colorado’s property tax crisis, the partisan divide driving the state’s housing affordability crisis

Homeowners across Colorado with mortgages are opening their annual escrow analyses and facing a shocking reality. I am one of them. 

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