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(The Center Square) – The Colorado Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of a November ballot initiative to reduce property taxes and use state tax refunds to pay for

Proposition HH was placed on the fall ballot by the state legislature in an effort curb dramatic tax bill hikes

A multi-faceted proposal to increase Colorado's cap on tax collection and reduce property owner's tax burden is clear enough for the ballot this November, a Denver District Court judge wrote Friday.

Denver District Judge David Goldberg has ruled in favor of the Democratic-controlled state legislature, allowing Proposition HH to advance to the November election.

Democratic lawmakers put the proposal on the ballot. Conservative groups and counties are trying to get it taken off.

In 2019, politicians referred a ballot measure to Colorado voters to permanently end TABOR tax refunds. Despite fluffy ballot language and a $5M campaign budget, the measure failed by a

Gov. Jared Polis plan to offer relief to property taxpayers effectively guts refunds from the Taxpayers Bill of Rights by compounding the amount the state is allowed keep and spend each year, exponentially shrinking the money that Coloradans get and potentially eliminating it altogether at some point, according to critics of the proposal.

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Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law two measures tied to property tax relief for homeowners and commercial property owners, with a backdrop of a home in Commerce City

More Colorado counties joined a lawsuit challenging a property tax relief bill the same day it was signed into law.