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Six cities sue Colorado over zoning and parking laws as state stays silent
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Six cities sue Colorado over zoning and parking laws as state stays silent

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice “As of this writing we have not heard back from the State.” That’s how Greenwood Village Mayor George Lantz summed up the status of a lawsuit the six Front Range cities filed in May against the state of Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis, the Department of Local Affairs and its executive director, Maria De Cambra. The case targets two 2024 laws—HB 24-1313 and HB 24-1304—that, according to the cities, trample Colorado’s constitutional guarantee of Home Rule. The mayors say the fight is about constitutional rights, not political turf wars. “Contrary to some criticisms, the current fight is not based on party politics… Our residents deserve to have a voice about land use in their own communities and neighborhoods,” they wrote in a joint open July 14 let...
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Denver Public Schools leased schools through shell corporation, hiding almost $1B in off-book financing
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Denver Public Schools leased schools through shell corporation, hiding almost $1B in off-book financing

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette Denver Public Schools transferred ownership of at least 31 schools to a shell corporation, then leased them back for hundreds of millions of dollars Denver Public Schools has quietly taken on hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term debt without voter approval — money that could otherwise be used to lower class sizes, increase teacher pay or expand student support services, an investigation by The Denver Gazette has found. The spending comes as contract negotiations between the district and the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) have stalled, with union leaders pointing to the district's failure to fully fund last year’s cost-of-living adjustment. Educators have repeatedly called for smaller class sizes, better compensation a...
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Mesa County is filing a lawsuit against the State of Colorado regarding House Bill 24-1413
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Mesa County is filing a lawsuit against the State of Colorado regarding House Bill 24-1413

By Mesa County News Through the County Attorney's Office and in alliance with several other counties, Mesa County is filing a lawsuit against the State of Colorado and Jared S. Polis, in his official capacity as Governor of Colorado, seeking: A declaration that transferring $25 million of local government severance tax funds to the State's General Fund pursuant to House Bill 24-1413, enacted into law on May 22, 2024, is unlawful and prohibited. An injunction against such transfer and future transfers.  The Colorado General Assembly recently enacted Colorado House Bill 24-1413, which provides for $25 million to be transferred from the local government severance tax fund established by C.R.S. § 39-29-110 to the State of Colorado’s General Fund in order to balance the ...
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