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Tag: Legislature
Colorado’s Potential Election Fiasco
As most Coloradans' minds have been focused on such frivolities as eggnog, champagne and holiday cheer, the Election Grinch of 2008 has been busy...
Outrageous Is As Outrageous Does — 3 Ways to Neutralize Douglas...
I am the yin to Douglas Bruce's yang.For the blissfully unaware, Bruce is a quintessential drown-government-in-the-bathtub firebrand from Colorado Springs. His most notorious political...
Severance Tax Committee Grapples with Final Changes
The legislative severance tax committee members may have discovered that talking about problems with the state's severance tax revenue distribution is easier than deciding...
Severance Tax Change Could Make Colorado $10 Billion Dollars Richer
You decide -- $10 billion for Colorado's roads, education, healthcare and growth impacts or $10 billion for the energy industry's profit line? That's the...
Interim Committee Will Look at Coal Tax Funds Recovery
Rep. Kathleen Curry (D-Gunnison), vice-chair of the legislature's interim committee on severance taxes, says that the committee plans to look into recovering the roughly...
Part II: Do Severance Tax Deductions Cost Taxpayers?
This is the second part of a series concerning the collection and expenditure of severance tax dollars derived from the value of oil and...
LATEST UPDATE Justice Demands A Change In DNA Evidence Law
Saying that police and prosecutors have no "duty" to preserve DNA evidence in criminal cases is like saying they have no duty to seek...
Romanoff Proposes “Time Out” on State Constitution
The Colorado state legislators have had a lot of discussion about making it harder to amend the state constitution. A measure toughening regulations will...
1 For 11: No Wonder They’re So Cranky
Prominently placed on the front page of their official Website, the Colorado Senate Republicans identified four hot topics dominating their legislative agenda for 2007...
Donkey Highlights Of The Session
The following are the top three bills in eight areas that Democrats in the House of Representatives cited this week during an end-of-session media...