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We recently turned in over 190,000 signatures (124,632 valid signatures are required) to put Initiative 27 on this November’s ballot. This ballot measure would cut property taxes by 9%, while

With IU opening the Luddy Center for Artificial Intelligence this month, the H-T asked readers to weigh in on the future of AI.

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...

Austin police investigating two shootings on Fourth of July One of the shootings happened on Sixth Street in downtown Austin. The other happened in North Austin. AUSTIN, Texas - Michael Fields has lived in his North Austin complex for four years. Never did he think that hed be a witness to a shooting right near him. "We saw a bunch of ambulances, fire truck came," he said, describing the scene, which he initially thought was a fireworks accident. Austin police said they got the call to come to ...

The Herald-Times This weeks Instant Message question: How would you rate storm water management in your area? What are your concerns? I live on Lake Lemon. The storm water here is managed by a spillway. When we get rainfall like recently and in 2008, there can be a lot of damage, but the water level returns rather quickly. J Winckelbach, Unionville I strongly commend how Bloomington city government is replacing and repairing the old storm water system, rather than several times a year declarin...

While downtown Somerset will celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday, down south in Burnside, there will be another kind of June event for a good cause.

Experts: Inclusion vital to cannabis business By: Janice Francis-Smith The Journal Record June 14, 2021 Cannabis Equity and Economics was the topic for the June 11 edition of JR Now, as (clockwise) Interim Editor Joe Dowd spoke with Kevin Greene, Michael Fields and Dr. Bridget Williams on the subject. Despite the rapid expansion of the medical marijuana business in Oklahoma, there are more Black and brown people imprisoned for selling cannabis on the street than there are heading the...

A selection of comments on the 73rd session of the Colorado General Assembly.

It’s not the first time the General Assembly has tried to pull a fast one on the electorate — by way of an end run on what voters enacted at the ballot box. But it might be the first time lawmakers have connived to get away with it in advance. That’s right, before the public even has had a chance to weigh in. As reported in Thursday’s Gazette, a bill just introduced late in the 2021 Legislature — and being fast-tracked through committees at press time — would change the way real pro...

It’s a back-alley shell game. It’s also playing dirty — a late hit. The ballot proposal’s formal title, indicating its aim and scope, already has been set by the state.