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2018 Ballot Measures

What does it mean that 35% of Colorado voted against banning slavery? In 26...

Colorado voters were asked this election whether they wanted to ban slavery once and for all in the state. Just under two-thirds of voters supported...

Backers of oil and gas drilling setbacks in Colorado lost at the ballot box,...

The defeat of Proposition 112, Colorado’s oil and gas drilling setback measure, followed a national trend. Voters in Arizona and Washington, like those in...

Failure of Amendment 73 and Prop. 110 forces Colorado back to the drawing board...

Colorado voters have turned the state as blue as it’s been since World War II, tapping Democrats for the governorship, every other major statewide...

Colorado voters reject new taxes for roads and schools, split on oil and gas...

Colorado voters Tuesday turned down new taxes for schools and roads, while handing the energy industry a split decision on two controversial oil and...

Guest Post: Wake up and vote ‘yes’ on Amendment 73

“Just give up already.” “I’m not interested in any of this.” “I don’t have time for this.” “You just woke me up from a...

Guest Post: Amendment 74 ― Deceptive, dangerous and anti-democratic

Proposition 112 has powerful fossil-fuel interests running scared. To protect their profits, they’re willing to destroy the ability of Colorado state and local governments...

Ask The Indy: Why is marijuana money not enough to fix our schools and...

Among readers' most-asked questions on the eve of Tuesday's election — besides what the party affiliation is of judges on the ballot — is...

New groups are joining the fight over ballot measures days before the election Issue...

Outside groups hoping to sway your vote on key ballot questions are on track to break spending records this year. Issue committees – which...

Two transportation measures are on Colorado’s ballot. Here’s how one could pay for rural...

Earlier this week, on a day threatening rain, a Denver police cruiser with its lights flashing drove slowly down Peoria Street in Montbello escorting...

Guest Post: The oil and gas tech industry votes no on Proposition 112

There is not a single challenge related to the development of Colorado’s oil and gas resources that can’t be solved with the smart application...