property taxes
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Colorado property taxes may increase 25%
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Despite Gov. Jared Polis approving several property tax relief bills after the failure of Proposition HH, Colorado homeowners may still pay an average of 25% more in property tax increases, according to an analysis by the Common Sense Institute. Proposition HH intended to use the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights surplus revenue – normally money refunded…
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A look back at the Colorado legislative session’s biggest stories this year | YEAR IN REVIEW
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The state Capitol this year saw intense disagreements between Republicans and Democrats and an extraordinary intraparty feud among Democrats, fueled in part by first-year legislators, who perennially challenged leaders and their colleagues. Meanwhile, the trend of lawmakers resigning persisted into the New Year, some of them citing the toxic environment their colleagues readily engaged…
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Colorado’s urban renewal law under scrutiny by state Supreme Court
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For years, Colorado’s urban renewal law has enabled local governments to spur redevelopment of areas deemed blighted, with downtown Golden, Denver’s Central Park neighborhood, and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora among the projects completed under the state’s framework. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court examined a key tool that urban renewal authorities use to…
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Fountain voters to decide whether to raise property taxes for police, fire staff
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Fountain voters will decide in November whether to increase property taxes to hire additional police officers and firefighters. The city would like to increase property taxes from 10.239 mills to 16.339 mills to hire an additional six police officers and six more firefighters and raise more funds for retention and recruitment, city officials said. If…
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Panic over property taxes: Pay now or pay more later
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The last days of 2017 were hectic for one Arapahoe County agency, as President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. By the end of last week, the Arapahoe County Treasurer’s Office had collected around $20 million more in early property tax payments than it had the year prior. With Trump’s signing of…
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Alternate affordable housing plans considered
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A Denver City councilman is not giving up on his idea to use up to $20 million in unappropriated general fund money to help spur construction of affordable housing, despite a lack of support from a council committee. District 8 Councilman Christopher Herndon’s proposal is an alternate to a proposal sponsored by two colleagues, At-large…
