Gov. Jared Polis calls special session in wake of Prop HH defeat
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday called the legislature into a special session to come up with a replacement property tax relief plan in the wake of Proposition HH's failure.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday called the legislature into a special session to come up with a replacement property tax relief plan in the wake of Proposition HH's failure.
Colorado's Proposition HH, crafted by Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Jared Polis, aimed to ease property tax spikes and better fund education. Opponents called it an end-run around TABOR.
The failure of Prop. HH means that lawmakers' efforts to loosen the fiscal limits of TABOR have been defeated once again.
Colorado voters on Tuesday night rejected an effort by Democrats in the state legislature and Gov. Jared Polis to reduce property taxes by cutting into the money available for state taxpayer refunds. Statewide results as...
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.