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2018 Ballot Measures

Is the debate about Amendment V a debate about millennials themselves?

Coloradans are set to vote on Amendment V, which proposes that Colorado reduce the minimum age for running for the state Senate and House...

Guest Post: Two approaches to getting big money out of politics

Since the US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, corporations and the wealthy have increased their political contributions exponentially. We’re seeing the effect...

Ask The Indy: Breaking down the tax changes in Amendment 73 High earners will...

A Colorado Independent reader, who wished to remain anonymous, asked how the property tax adjustments in Amendment 73, the school funding measure, would work. The...

Amendment A: What’s the argument against Colorado’s ballot measure to ban slavery? Ask these...

It’s not easy to find people who oppose the effort to finally, formally ban slavery in Colorado, but they do exist. Two Western Slope district...

Dear government, pay me for my losses. Inside Amendment 74, a ballot measure that...

Imagine you are a property owner. One day, you decide you want to use your land to develop a sand and gravel operation. You...

Proposition 111 could crush payday lending in Colorado Social justice groups support the measure...

It was a cold October morning and the Rev. Timothy Tyler was preaching from a corner on Denver’s 16th Street Mall. “It is time for...

What Proposition 112 — the controversial bid to rein in Colorado oil and gas...

Therese Gilbert wears an Amendment 73 button to show support for more school funding, but she’s knocking on doors seeking votes for Proposition 112. A...

Two Bills. Two days. Two different views on Colorado’s most controversial ballot measure. ...

Soon after Colorado starting mailing out election ballots, the debate over perhaps the most contentious measure state voters must decide — Proposition 112 —...
A woman walks south along Peoria Street in Montbello. That stretch of busy road lacks a connected sidewalk system. (Photo by Alex Burness

Guest Post: Why Proposition 110 is the only real option for Colorado

With more than $9 billion in deferred transportation infrastructure projects — and insufficient funds to complete them — Colorado is officially in a crisis. This...