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TABOR has become an unlikely foil in the fight to make...

Since 2010, the state has fined Suncor, the oil refinery in Commerce City, $3.7 million for violating the state’s air quality laws more than...

Colorado voters reject TABOR change to increase state spending Proposition CC...

Colorado voters rejected a measure Tuesday to permanently give up their TABOR refunds to help pay for K-12 schools, higher education and transportation projects.  After...

Colorado’s plan to avoid a water shortage needs money. Is a...

This story was originally published on Sept. 26, 2019.  In November, Colorado voters will decide whether to legalize and tax sports betting to help pay...

In presidential run, Colorado’s Hickenlooper pushes compromise in an uncompromising time...

It is a late Friday afternoon in early February and passengers at Gate 12 of Washington’s Reagan National Airport are displeased. “Fucking United,” a lawyer-lobbyist...

9 things to know about John Hickenlooper Former Colorado governor joins...

John Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor and Denver mayor who once was hailed by a Washington Post columnist as one of the “most un-Trumpian...

Guest Post: Why TABOR means we can have nice things

Taxpayer Bill of Rights. TABOR. A legislative victory for the libertarian state of Colorado. But perhaps one of the most hated bills by progressives...

Littwin: Hick boldly goes to court, aiming to take a rake...

First, the bad news. Whatever you’ve heard, John Hickenlooper’s bold move to loosen the stranglehold that TABOR and Gallagher have on Colorado’s funding will...

Colorado treasurer’s race pits property investor against state lawmaker and budget...

The two candidates vying to be the state’s chief money manager have starkly different views on how to best oversee the state’s retirement fund...

GREG LOPEZ | A ‘taste-test’ candidate counts on personal touch to...

In the world of conventional political wisdom — a world to which he pays no mind — Greg Lopez’s chances of winning the Republican...

Colorado teachers can claim an unwelcome distinction: most underpaid in the...

Teachers from West Virginia to Oklahoma and Kentucky have staged protests or walked off the job in recent weeks to agitate for better pay...