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Thirty-six hours after Colorado voters rejected his marquee property tax relief ballot proposal, Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday called the state legislature back for a special session to come up with a replacement plan to deal with tax hikes that are just months away.

(The Center Square) – Colorado households will lose an estimated average of $1,406 in the coming year from increases in property taxes and its related effects on the state economy,

Since city leaders are incapable of saving extra tax money from all the newly built residences, let's insist on new building permit fees to include the additional cost of more rec centers and libraries up front. That way, growth pays the true economic cost of these expected amenities, politicians can't squander funds for their self-serving projects, and long-term residents don't have to keep picking up the bill for people that don't live here yet. Let's force growth to p...

A statewide ballot issue asking voters to decide on a property tax reduction proposal appears to be failing by a wide margin.

An at-a-glance look at Proposition HH for the millions of Coloradans who have not yet voted on it.

Millions of Coloradans have not yet voted on Proposition HH, the far-reaching ballot measure aimed at the immediate property tax spikes facing the state while lifting the state’s revenue cap for the foreseeable future.

Durango School District 9-R endorsed Proposition HH during a board of education meeting last week. If passed, Prop HH would direct a significant amount of money toward public education under the terms...

Colorado property owners will be facing a difficult decision in November about whether to approve Proposition HH. This is a complex ballot measure proposed by the state’s Democratic legislature to address the increases in property...

Once again our government is going to try to dupe us into believing that a relatively small discount on our taxes today, by approving Proposition HH, is worth all the refunds we will forfeit in the future for many, many years to come. On Nov. 7, Vote no on Proposition HH. Have you been misled […]

[cq comment="edited - jv" ]In June of 2021, when I was appointed as interim mayor, that left a vacancy for my Ward 5 Council seat. With only 30 days to recruit and appoint a replacement until the November election, I reached out to Todd Cohen who I met while I was first running for Council in 2017. Todd was already serving on the Open Space and Trails Advisory committee and was a fierce advocate for protecting our public open spaces particularly from large scale fracking operations. He...