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Affordable housing initiative aims to solve portions of Colorado’s housing crisis
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Proponents of a ballot measure that would dedicate a portion of state income tax revenue to create a statewide affordable housing fund say it’s the answer to getting more Coloradans into safe housing at a cost that won’t break the bank – and won’t raise taxes. “This is not just a question about whether or…
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HUDSON | What if TABOR isn’t a ‘third rail’ of Colorado politics after all?
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Since Colorado voters pasted the TABOR amendment that steers spending and revenues into our state constitution in 1992, the myth of its sacrosanct power has been embroidered each year. It is frequently viewed as the “third rail” of politics – attempt to tamper with it and you will surely die. However, only a slim majority…
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Duck! The legislature’s in session! …But there’s no need to tell that to CUT
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Wikipedia reminds us it was the now-forgotten 19th century New York politician Gideon J. Tucker who observed, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” It’s a sentiment that nowadays draws more applause on the right than the left. And among those whose daily toils include wooing and cajoling lawmakers to…
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Denver gets sued over its new disclosure requirement for nonprofits
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Denver’s attempt to rein in the “dark money” that drives, and sometimes distorts, a lot of campaign messaging has landed the city in court. A lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Wednesday by a public-interest litigation foundation out of Arizona – the libertarian-leaning, Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute – contends that provisions of the campaign-reform ordinance enacted…
