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Pew Center: TABOR's Restrictions Putting Colorado In Fiscal Peril

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Emily Anderson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver


Colorado isn't in the top 10 states in "fiscal peril," according to a new report from Pew Center on the States. It's number 11. Along with Georg...

TABOR Initiatives Shot Down In Maine And Washington, With Colorado Used As Negative Example

ColoradoPols | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver


Yesterday, two versions of Colorado's controversial Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) went before the voters in Washington state and Maine. Where, in...

Tea Baggers Get Kicked Where It Hurts

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Kristina Wilfore

Out of all of the election results from yesterday, the anti-tax ballot measures in Maine and Washington (known as TABOR) provide a better political tea leaf into voter attitudes going into the 2010 election cycle than anything else.

Colorado TABOR Overturn Sought For 2011 Election Cycle

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver


As lawmakers struggle to balance the state budget, a wide spectrum of civic groups are quietly meeting to try to find long-term fiscal solutions -- wh...

Colorado Policy Center Poll: More Than Half Of Coloradans Believe TABOR Should Be Repealed

Denver Business Journal | Posted 09.24.2009 | Denver


Nearly half of Colorado voters think the state is off on the wrong track, although those in the Denver area are more positive, according to a new poll...

Why Colorado Needs a Special Session

Scott Downes | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver


Scott Downes

What was a bad situation in August has turned into a downright scary one now. But I'm told that freaking out and assuming the fetal position is not a sound fiscal strategy.

A Beautiful State With an Ugly Fiscal Landscape

Scott Downes | Posted 09.17.2009 | Denver


Scott Downes

We're 47th in the country in investing in key areas like education, health care, higher education, and transportation. Why? Probably because we're 49th in taxation.

Colorado Lawyer To Sue State Over TABOR

The Denver Post | John Ingold | Posted 09.02.2009 | Denver


A Denver attorney described by a fellow lawyer as a "senior statesman of the Colorado bar" plans to sue the state in federal court, arguing that the T...