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The 2025 Regular Session Data 0
- March 18, 2025
Below are multiple interactive charts that display data collected from Colorado General Assembly fiscal reports from the 2025 regular legislative session. The state legislature is beyond the midpoint of the 120-day regular session, which started in January and ends in May. The data below presents the FTE/fiscal impact of every proposed legislation introduced in the
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VIDEO: Legislature Steals TABOR Refunds, Pays Off Special Interests 0
- May 2, 2023
Last year, Independence Institute’s fiscal policy center published a 67-page report detailing every change made to state tax expenditures over Gov. Polis’s first term in office. This year, the legislature has proposed around two dozen new bills to further expand tax expenditures by over $600 million dollars in FY2024-25 alone, with more in future years.
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LISTEN: Governor Polis’ 2022 Budget with Ben Murrey 0
- February 10, 2022
Governor Jared Polis released his FY2022-23 budget proposal in November 2021. On December 2, Independence Institute’s Fiscal Policy Director Ben Murrey went on KLZ 560 AM in Denver to speak with host Kim Monson and discuss the governor’s budget, the massive expansion in state revenues over the past decade, and the economic outlook for the
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Interview with Paul Prentice: Economic Impact COVID-19 Policies in Colorado 0
- November 24, 2021
Paul Prentice, economist and Independence Institute senior fellow, sits down with Jon Caldara to discuss his study Unequal Opportunities, Unequal Outcomes: The COVID-19 Recession in Colorado. The study explores Colorado’s policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic and social consequences of those policies for various populations across the state. I don’t know
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Regressive Taxation in Colorado: Two Competing Views 0
- January 28, 2021
Colorado has a regressive tax burden that punishes the poor. It’s not fair. Voters in the Centennial State heard that a lot last year, but is it true? If so, how and why, and what should be done about it? Key Takeaways: The Colorado tax code imposes an overall regressive tax burden. While the overall
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In Blue Colorado, the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights matters more than ever 0
- December 6, 2018
In Colorado, the recent election reaffirms the right of citizens to have the final say on proposals to increase taxes or debt.
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