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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.

A bill proposed in the waning days of the General Assembly would rewrite how property taxes are classified, but more directly could work around a question about lowering property taxes on the November ballot. Colorado Politics obtained a draft of the bill to be introduced late Wednesday by Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat, and Sen. Bob Rankin, a Carbondale Republican, to turn the two property tax classifications, commercial and residential, into five or perhaps six divisions.  In the House...

Hyoung Chang / The Denver Post Legislators can raise school district property taxes without getting new voter approval, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday. The decision marks a major victory for supporters of school finance reform who have watched Colorado struggle to fund its schools, even as K-12 education takes up a growing share of the state budget. With news of the Supreme Court’s blessing, state senators Monday approved a bill that would gradually increase local taxes in many scho...

Colorado Supreme Court clears way for property tax increase, more school funding Erika Meltzer © Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan Kindergarten teacher Kelly Hancock leads her new students to their classroom on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at Cache La Poudre Elementary School in Laporte, Colo. Legislators can raise school district property taxes without getting new voter approval, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday. The decision marks a major victory for supporters of school finan...

Legislators can raise school district property taxes without getting new voter approval, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday. The decision marks a major victory for supporters of school finance reform who have watched Colorado struggle to fund its schools, even as K-12 education takes up a growing share of the state budget. With news of the Supreme Court’s blessing, state senators Monday approved a bill that would gradually increase local taxes in many school districts, generating more th...

Panic buying gas creates even more hours on the road for hazardous material truckers Panic buying gas creates even more hours on the road for hazardous material truckers By Miranda Parnell | May 11, 2021 at 11:34 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 11:56 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Russian hackers have caused turmoil up and down the east coast with their cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline. But petroleum distribution experts say, taking more gas than you need just adds fuel to the fire. “The biggest ...

Colorado State Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Democrats in Colorado are attempting one of the biggest changes to the state’s tax code in years. Two new proposals introduced Monday are meant to deliver relief for lower-income families and small businesses by effectively raising the taxes of certain large businesses and wealthier people, lawmakers said. The bills would raise about $400 million a year by eliminating or reducing some of the tax deductions taken by higher-income taxpayers and b...

The new transportation plan to fix Colorado's roads calls for billions of dollars in taxpayer money. Calling it "fees" helps keep TABOR out of the equation.

Michael Fields, Daryl Benitez, and Matthew Clemmons are launching Retro Meadery in Burgaw this summer. (Port City Daily/Courtesy Retro Meadery) BURGAW — What was once the most popular drink in the world — just ask the Vikings — has been making a slow-but-sure comeback over the last decade, according to The American Mead Maker’s Association. Meaderies have been evolving fast since 2003, when only 60 existed in the U.S. By 2013, there were 200; by early 2016, 300. Today, the associatio...

Orlando Police solve murders at nearly 20 percent higher rate than national average, stats show By FOX 35 News Staff Published  Orlando Police solve murders at nearly 20 percent higher rate than national average, stats show FOX 35s Sydney Cameron sat down with one of the Orlando Police Departments senior homicide detectives to find out how this happened. ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando Police are solving murders at a rate of nearly 20 percent higher than the national average, according to statistics f...