Denver, Colorado Sales Taxes Increased Without Voter Consent

Denver’s 2021 budget reveals that the city expects to collect $14 million in new sales tax revenues this year by taking advantage of a 2018 United States Supreme Court ruling for the first time. The State of Colorado began collecting new sales tax revenues under the same scheme in 2019. These tax increases have come […]
The ‘War On Coal’ threatens a sleepy Colorado mining town
(Craig Station, Moffat County, Colorado. Photo: Michael Sandoval) CRAIG, Colo. — Coal, from extraction to use as a generation source, forms the literal bedrock of Craig. (Welcome to Craig. Photo: Michael Sandoval) The past few years have shaken the once quiet town, as an onslaught of federal government regulations and actions by environmental activists bent […]
Colorado House Bill 13-1272: RTD’s unconstitutional tax increase
But [RTD Board Member Natalie] Menten calls the new taxing authority illegal because voters did not approve it. She terms it a “unconstitutional, regressive tax hike.”
Colorado House Bill 13-1272: RTD's unconstitutional tax increase
But [RTD Board Member Natalie] Menten calls the new taxing authority illegal because voters did not approve it. She terms it a “unconstitutional, regressive tax hike.”