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Fiscal Policy Center’s Testimony on Bill to Reclassify TABOR Revenue
On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Independence Institute’s Fiscal Policy Center Policy Analyst Nash Herman submitted written testimony on SB26-042 to the Senate Finance Committee. If passed, the bill would reclassify certain revenue streams to align…
Balancing Colorado’s Budget Means Ending Medicaid Bloat
Colorado’s budget deficits will continue until Medicaid spending improves. As the National…
Colorado’s sweetheart tax deals roll on in spite of…
If Colorado legislators aren’t taking this year’s alleged “budget crisis” seriously, why should the…
How TABOR was betrayed – Independence Institute
This column first appeared in The Gazette on February 1st, 2026. If you have lived in Colorado for…
Nash Herman Discusses How TABOR Failed to Stop…
Independence Institute Policy Analyst Nash Herman appeared on The Mandy Connell Podcast this week to…
Colorado lawmakers in denial over self-inflicted budget wound
In the wise words of Peter Tosh, “you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” Analysts from Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) staff recently confirmed what we at Independence Institute have been saying…
Leviathan by Loophole: the Growth of Colorado’s State…
Introduction and Key Findings In 1992, Coloradans passed Amendment 1 to enshrine Article X, Section…
Colorado due for a reckoning over runaway Medicaid…
The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) recently held a hearing with the Department of…
The case for broad-based Colorado income tax relief
Colorado policymakers recently rediscovered what some of us have long known: more money in people’s…
Taxpayers on the hook for growing cost of government…
Debt is a powerful and beneficial tool when used appropriately. Unfortunately, at the state,…
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