Tag: economy
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Colorado joins 2 lawsuits against Trump administration over TANF, tariffs authority
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Colorado has joined a coalition of states in filing two new lawsuits against the Trump administration. The first lawsuit alleges the Trump administration’s move to expand the U.S. health department’s oversight of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families would illegally allow the office to share detailed records of recipients’ personal information with other agencies, including…
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Atop taxes, here’s how much each Colorado resident pays in fees
Each Colorado resident paid nearly $5,000 in state-sanctioned fees last year, according to a report by a policy think tank. The report, which analyzed how fees have affected Colorado’s economy, found that fee revenue has more than tripled since 2008 — to $4,692 — and is likely to keep growing. More than 30 years after…
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Atop taxes, here’s how much each Colorado resident pays in fees
Each Colorado resident paid nearly $5,000 in state-sanctioned fees last year, according to a report by a policy think tank. The report, which analyzed how fees have affected Colorado’s economy, found that fee revenue has more than tripled since 2008 — to $4,692 — and is likely to keep growing. More than 30 years after…
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Atop taxes, here’s how much each Colorado resident pays in fees
Each Colorado resident paid nearly $5,000 in state-sanctioned fees last year, according to a report by a policy think tank. The report, which analyzed how fees have affected Colorado’s economy, found that fee revenue has more than tripled since 2008 — to $4,692 — and is likely to keep growing. More than 30 years after…
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GUEST COLUMN: Space Force announces big investment in El Paso County
Despite the setback to our community when it was announced last year that U.S. Space Command Headquarters would be relocated from Colorado to Alabama, I made a commitment to the Pikes Peak Region that I would work with our community and the Trump Administration to bring even more jobs and missions to Colorado’s Fifth District.…
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Perspective: Colorado’s declining competitiveness
Colorado’s economy remains larger, wealthier, and more productive than most states, but that shouldn’t obscure the truth that Colorado’s competitive edge is slipping. For much of the 2010s, Colorado enjoyed an enviable economic cycle. Young, educated workers flooded into the state from elsewhere in the country. Businesses followed the labor force and drove Colorado to the top of national rankings for economic verve. In the 2020s,…
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Colorado farmers begin spring planting season with soaring fertilizer costs and price-gouging fears
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As Colorado farmers prepare their fields for spring planting, many are sounding the alarm over fertilizer prices that have surged far beyond what they say global supply disruptions can explain. With nitrogen costs up 30% in a matter of days, growers and lawmakers are questioning whether the industry is using geopolitical conflict as cover for…
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Democrats want to bar use of consumer data to set Colorado prices, employee wages
A closely divided House committee advanced a bill aimed at curbing the use of personal data to set individualized prices and wages, reviving a proposal that failed last year and setting up a broader debate over how far the state should go in regulating algorithm-driven business practices. Proponents argued that the proposed new regulations are…
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Proposal to levy new fees on alcohol products in Colorado dies
The proposal to collect millions in new fees on alcohol products — dollars to be earmarked for Colorado programs aimed at addressing the behavioral and physical health effects of alcohol abuse — died on Tuesday. House Bill 1271 sought to create three separate “enterprises” and establish fees of $0.05 per gallon of beer and cider,…
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Colorado Democrats pass union fee bill, even after Polis signals another veto
The Colorado House on Monday advanced along party lines legislation repealing a longstanding labor law governing a requirement before a unionized workplace can collect fees on all workers, regardless of whether they are union members. The House voted, 42-22, to send the proposal to repeal that second election requirement under the state’s current laws to…