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Americans for Prosperity targets four GOP senators over transportation funding legislation
Americans for Prosperity Colorado announced plans Wednesday to rain down pressure on four Republican senators who have yet to state a position on a bipartisan transportation funding package unveiled last week by legislative leadership. The conservative advocacy organization’s state director, Michael Fields, said the four GOP lawmakers – Senate President Pro Tem Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling,…
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Stephens: Colorado should rethink its tattletale tax reporting law
There is a lot of talk in the state Legislature these days about taxes – from tax hikes on marijuana and new taxes for improved transportation to reduced taxes on business personal property and even eliminating taxes on some personal hygiene products. However, lawmakers may want to add one more tax-related issue to this robust debate…
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Denver Council priorities could cost $1.5B
Faced with one of the fastest growth rates among major U.S. cities nationwide, Denver City Council has identified a range of priorities and goals to help guide budgeting decisions and to decide policy priority areas. Those include more than $1 billion in infrastructure needs and projects alone. Each year, the Council holds a retreat to…
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Governor Hickenlooper plans policy for e-commerce sales tax
Gov. John Hickenlooper is developing a strategy for Colorado to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that would allow the state to collect tax from online sales. The Supreme Court upheld Colorado’s “Amazon tax,” which could allow the state to collect taxes on out-of-state internet sales. It requires online retailers to report…
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? Arts & culture tax extension before metro voters
A 28-year-old sales tax that has helped Metro Denver arts and cultural groups and facilities survive economic downturns and thrive is before voters in seven metro area counties in the Nov. 8 general election. Ballot Issue 4B seeks to extend the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District‘s 0.1 percent ( one cent on every $10) sales…
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? Transportation funding plan dies on unusual partisan vote
On a strictly party line vote, the Colorado Legislative Council Committee killed a proposed bill that called for voter approval of $3.5 billion in bonds and the transfer of state sales tax revenue to help fund transportation projects across the state. But to the layperson, the opposite of what would be expected to traditionally occur…
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Denver medical marijuana tax collection has improved; $1.1 million recovered through audits
The City and County of Denver is doing a better job of ensuring it is collecting medical marijuana-related sales and use tax revenue, the Independent Audit Committee was told Thursday. A follow up report to a 2014 audit of the city treasury department’s collection of marijuana revenue found all four recommendations in the audit had…
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Denver City Council starts 2017 budget review
Denver City Council members started a more than two-month-long city budget review process Monday with explanations from Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration about how they developed the proposed $1.9 billion spending plan for the coming year. In a council work session, chief financial officer Brendan Hanlon said the budget assumes Denver’s economy will continue to grow,…
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Landwirth: Rising to the challenge in meeting the needs of our older citizens
Colorado, like the rest of the United States, faces an unprecedented demographic shift over the next several decades. By 2031, the State Demography Office estimates that Colorado’s 65-and-older population will be 181 percent larger than in 2010 — growing from approximately 550,000 to more than 1.5 million people — and represent 21.9 percent of the…