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Sponsors of Amendment 62, the "personhood" amendment, have sued the Colorado Legislative Council to stop distribution of its annual ballot information booklet, which it says contains inaccurate information, the Denver Post is reporting.
The amendment seeks to give constitutional rights to every human being at the beginning of his or her biological development.
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...Air Quality Standard; Colorado. AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AC...Legislative Council (CLC) fiscal note stating that the Colorad...
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It is common sense. Raising taxes on a stagnant or shrinking economy results only in higher unemployment, a smaller tax base, reduced household incomes, more foreclosures and more poverty. That is exactly what we will get in the unlikely event voters approve Proposition 103, a tax increase that the Colorado Legislative Council estimates will cost $2.9 billion. That's bad enough, but it's not the full cost. Two leading economists just completed independent research on the proposal and determined the total cost, including the loss in personal income, could be up to $6 billion. The cost to each Colorado household, from 2012-2016, would be up to $2,711. They estimate a statewide loss of jobs at between 7,400 and 11,600.
It's not hard to understand why. When government takes money from the p...
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If Colorado voters approve three controversial ballot issues aimed at lowering taxes and curbing government borrowing, 99 percent of the state's general fund would have to be used for K-12 education, a draft analysis by the Colorado Legislative Council shows.
The remaining one percent, or about $38 million, would be left for all other departments, including human services, health care, corrections, higher education, the judiciary and other state agencies, the July 8 memo states.
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It is common sense. Raising taxes on a stagnant or shrinking economy results only in higher unemployment, a smaller tax base, reduced household incomes, more foreclosures and more poverty. That is exactly what we will get in the unlikely event voters approve Proposition 103, a tax increase that the Colorado Legislative Council estimates will cost $2.9 billion. That's bad enough, but it's not the full cost. Two leading economists just completed independent research on the proposal and determined the total cost, including the loss in personal income, could be up to $6 billion. The cost to each Colorado household, from 2012-2016, would be up to $2,711. They estimate a statewide loss of jobs at between 7,400 and 11,600.
It's not hard to understand why. When government takes money from the p...
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Two anti-abortion groups, Colorado Right to Life and Personhood USA, will submit a new personhood initiative to the Colorado Legislative Council on Thursday in hopes of getting a measure on the 2010 state ballot.
Colorado voters soundly defeated a similar measure, Amendment 48, in the 2008 election.
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Sponsors of Amendment 62, which seeks to give constitutional rights to every human being at the beginning of his or her biological development, sued the Colorado Legislative Council on Tuesday afternoon to stop distribution of its 2010 State Ballot Information Booklet.
At a news conference Tuesday outside the Denver District Courthouse, amendment proponents said the voter guide, better known as the Blue Book, gets some facts wrong and misleads voters.
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DENVER - The snowstorms that pounded Colorado's roads in December may do even more damage to the state's transportation system in the long run, according to an economic forecast released by the Colorado Legislative Council on Tuesday.
Lower-than-anticipated sales tax revenues for December, brought about partly by the storms, led to decreased revenue forecasts for the first time in a year. The effect is minimal, staffers and Joint Budget Committee members said, but will be felt most in road and capital construction.
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DENVER - El Paso County residents will pay $5.7 million more than expected in the first year of a forthcoming school property tax rate freeze, according to an estimate released by the nonpartisan research arm of the state Legislature.
Statewide, Coloradans will pay $65 million more, as revenue estimates on the freeze have ballooned from $49 million in 2008 to $114 million. Among property owners who will be hit hardest are those in Academy School District 20, who will pay $3 million more next year, according to the Colorado Legislative Council.