Jared Polis signs property tax bill after ballot measures withdrawn

Jared Polis signs property tax bill after ballot measures withdrawn

Colorado’s grand bargain on property taxes concluded Wednesday as Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that further cuts commercial and residential rates, while a conservative group withdrew two contentious initiatives from the November ballot. The legislature passed House Bill 1001 last week during its second property tax-focused special session in the past year. Polis called … Read more

Colorado child tax credit taps TABOR refunds for anti-poverty effort

Colorado child tax credit taps TABOR refunds for anti-poverty effort

Boasting that child poverty in Colorado would soon be cut nearly in half, Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a large new tax credit for low-income families into law. The ceremony put an underline on a legislative session that featured state policymakers looking again and again to the state surplus to flatten inequalities. Lawmakers passed … Read more

Colorado Democrats plan wage theft bill aimed at construction industry

Colorado Democrats plan wage theft bill aimed at construction industry

Colorado construction contractors could face civil liability for wage theft under a bill previewed by Democratic lawmakers Friday. Details of the proposal are still being finalized ahead of the legislative session that begins Wednesday. House Majority Leader Monica Duran, a Wheat Ridge Democrat, said it is one of the bills she plans to introduce on … Read more