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Colorado voters will be asked in November whether they would like to cut tax assessment rates for residential and commercial properties. However, a newly passed state law significantly complicates the ballot question.

Colorado voters will be asked in November whether they would like to cut tax assessment rates for residential and commercial properties. However, a newly passed state law significantly complicates the ballot question.

A litany of issues — masks, race, vaccines, financing and more — brings school boards to the fore of our national discourse. Education has emerged as the central battlefield in

We're following this survey throughout the day and into tomorrow. Tune in to News5 at 4 p.m. as we review the results.

It may be an odd year, but elections are happening in Colorado. In November, voters will decide on three statewide initiatives in addition to some local decisions.

Initiative 27: Experts weigh in on property tax ballot initiative Residential property taxes would drop to 6.95 percent from 7.15 percent, and non-residential property tax rates would drop to 26.4 percent from 29 percent A ballot measure designed to lower property taxes moves closer to a statewide vote. Colorado Rising State Action turned in over 190,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office on Monday. and last updated 2021-08-03 08:40:31-04 COLORADO SPRINGS — A ballot measur...

Dialysis provider DaVita and its former CEO Kent Thiry are part of a federal indictment that accuses the Denver-based company of conspiring with competitors not to solicit each others top employees. The two-count indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in Denver, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. “These charges show a disturbing pattern of behavior among health care company executives to conspire to limit the opportunities of workers,” Steven M. D’Antuono, the FBIs assis...

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers are making a last-ditch effort to lower residential property tax assessment rates and help Coloradans ward off larger tax hikes this year.

The bill would temporarily lower property tax rates and allow some homeowners to delay part of their property tax payments — but it's also designed to partially cancel out voters' chance to cut property taxes by a larger amount this November.

The 2021 report compiled by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranked Colorado 20th in economic outlook because of the state’s sales and property tax burdens and its debt service as a portion of state revenue. On the other side, Colorado ranks second in economic performance because of its strong cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) growth, increased population, and non-farm employment growth. The report grades each state based on 15 criteria, which inclu...