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Colorado House Black Caucus counts $7.1M in budget wins
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DENVER – The largest group of black lawmakers in Colorado history touted the amendments they secured in the House version of the state budget Thursday. The House Black Caucus took credit for six amendments putting more than $7.1 million into mentoring programs, community corrections treatment services, mental health for peace officers, substance abuse treatment for expecting…
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Gorman: Amendment 72 is constitutionally guaranteed revenue for state bureaucracies
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Amendment 72 supporters claim that raising tobacco taxes will reduce smoking. That’s a smokescreen. What the amendment really does is create a constitutionally mandated stream of revenue for two state health bureaucracies that seek to shake off the shackles of legislative budgetary oversight. Under Amendment 72, the state tax on a pack of cigarettes will…
