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Ballot measure seeks tax hike for higher income earners in 2026
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
A coalition led by a Colorado think tank will file a ballot initiative on Wednesday to raise state income tax rates on annual household incomes and corporations with earnings above $500,000. The ballot measure, which sets up a “graduated” income...
Colorado Democrats blast Trump’s decision to relocate Space Command as a ‘nakedly political move’
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning+co@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Leading Democratic officials in Colorado on Tuesday ripped President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, as a politically motivated decision meant to reward Republican friends while putting the nation’s military...
Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition
Associated Press
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Updated 3 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves. Asked by reporters in the Oval Office if he had decided...
Tech group lauds move to delay new AI regulation
Luige Del Puerto
luige-del-puerto+copo@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 week ago
A technology trade group on Tuesday lauded a move by the Colorado Senate to delay the implementation of new artificial intelligence regulations originally set to take effect early next year. Under the proposal approved by senators yesterday, the new implementation...
Feds OK expansion of mine that supplies coal to Montana’s largest power plant | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
Associated Press
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Updated 2 weeks ago
MONTANA Feds OK coal mine expansion The federal government has authorized a nearly 1,900-acre expansion of the mine that supplies Montana’s largest power plant with coal. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced on Aug. 6 that it...
Gov. Polis unveils new Colorado River information hub at annual Water Congress
Eugene Buchanan
eugene@paddlinglife.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis opened the 2025 Summer Colorado Water Congress Conference at the Steamboat Grand Hotel by unveiling a new information site and leading a panel on federal water funding and wildfire impacts. Speaking to a packed Grand Ballroom,...
It’s up to Gov. Jared Polis to figure out where to cut $800 million, proposal says
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
As Colorado lawmakers attempt to wrestle down an $800 million budget deficit, legislative leaders are coalescing around the idea that, ultimately, it is up to Gov. Jared Polis to figure out where to make cuts, instead of legislators going through...
Colorado special session bills: What you need to know
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 weeks ago
Colorado legislators have begun proposing bills for Thursday’s special session, when they will need to figure out how to plug a nearly $800 million budget shortfall. Only a handful of the measures introduced so far directly deal with the deficit....
Colorado legislators seek to stabilize health insurance premiums with federal tax credits going away
Marianne Goodland
marianne_goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
Colorado legislators are considering an infusion of cash into a program in an effort to keep health insurance premiums low amid recent changes to the tax code enacted by Congress, notably the end of tax credits offered on state-run and...
Report links higher discipline rates to lower test scores in Colorado’s largest districts
NICOLE BRAMBILA
nicole_brambila@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
Students in Colorado’s largest school districts who face more discipline tended to have lower test scores, according to a new report that examined student behavior and academic achievement across 21 districts. Conducted by the Common Sense Institute, researchers billed the...