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Colorado voters rejected a proposition on Tuesday that would reduce property taxes but would allow the state government to use its surplus for new spending.

Colorado's wide-ranging Proposition HH, a property tax relief and education-funding measure pressed by the state's Democratic leaders, has gone down in defeat as voters rejected it by more than 20 percentage points.

Last night, Colorado voters tossed state Proposition HH into the furnace – the same place they’ve relegated constant attempts over the years to take away our TABOR refunds. Despite lies on the ballot (claiming HH was a property tax decrease), misleading claims by the legislators who slammed HH through in the final days of session, […]

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Proposition HH, the property tax relief measure on the 2023 ballot, would also have major implications for Colorado school funding.

The FDNY’s chief of emergency medical services said further budget cuts at the department could have a “significant effect” on response times for ambulance crews. In September, Mayor Eric Adams …

As I undertake the exceedingly bold and presumptuous exercise of correcting one of my economic heroes, Dr. Art Laffer, I am reminded of how my journalistic hero, William F. Buckley

It was a gut punch to learn the Donald Forrest, friend, and frequent collaborator, died this week. I was fortunate to work on a number of projects with him that stretched my imagination, and the boundaries of what earthquake outreach can look like. He was also a very good friend. If you have been in […]

Colorado Senate President Steve Fenberg, along with Michael Fields of Advance Colorado, make their final case on Proposition HH.

My 2023 ballot is sitting on my kitchen table calling out to me to fill it out and send it in. What’s the hold up?