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Colorado title board rejects graduated income tax ballot measures
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Colorado’s title board on Wednesday unanimously rejected two ballot measure proposals submitted by a policy think tank that would change the state’s flat income tax rate — in which everyone currently pays the same rate of 4.41% — to a graduated income tax, where people with incomes of up to $500,000 would get a small…
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Lines drawn over ballot measures to determine how Colorado draws its legislative, congressional lines
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The battle is heating up over how Colorado draws its legislative and congressional boundaries. After failing to knock out a pair of proposed redistricting and reapportionment ballot measures in court, a rough coalition of mostly liberal and good-government groups filed competing ballot measures in late December and is vowing to take the choice before voters…
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Checks, balances prevent Colorado taxpayers from covering harassment claims
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Has Colorado taxpayer money ever been used to settle workplace harassment claims against the General Assembly? No. Could it? Probably not. Director of the Office of Legislative Legal Services Sharon Eubanks, who is a lawyer, told legislators at a committee meeting that legislative counsel expenditures are looked at by the comptroller and approved before they…
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Legislative leaders set meeting to review workplace harassment policies at Colorado Capitol
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Colorado House and Senate leaders plan to meet in mid-December to review workplace harassment policies at the state Capitol in the wake of a flurry of recent allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against legislators, Senate President Kevin Grantham said Tuesday. The Legislative Council’s Executive Committee – made up of leaders from both parties in…
