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A major set of election reforms, constitutional protections for abortion rights and a series of tit-for-tat battles over property taxes and environmental regulation top the long list of measures that may appear on Colorado ballots in November. “There’s going to be about 47 ballot measures on a really long ballot,” joked Theresa Conley, chair of […] The post Dozens of high-stakes initiatives could appear on Colorado’s 2024 ballot appeared first on Colorado Newsline.

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Depending on when Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointments them, the power of those making important decisions for the state could go unchecked for months.

A bill filed this week in the Colorado legislature would change the makeup of the state's Air Quality Control Commission as the legislation's sponsors try to increase protections for low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, which bear the brunt of pollution.

The two additional seats on the commission would be filled by a climate scientist and a person representing a disproportionately impacted community, which typically are heavily polluted neighborhoods with a majority of residents who are Black, Latino, Indigenous or low-income.