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How TABOR was betrayed – Independence Institute
This column first appeared in The Gazette on February 1st, 2026. If you have lived in Colorado for any length of time, you are likely familiar with the near-constant claims that TABOR’s limit on government growth restricts the state’s ability to fund…
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…
In the wise words of Peter Tosh, “you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the…
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 pockets reduces poverty. A recent Denver Post article by Nick Coltrain discusses the apparent success of Colorado’s Family Affordability Tax Credit…
Taxpayers on the hook for growing cost of government…
Debt is a powerful and beneficial tool when used appropriately. Unfortunately, at the state,…
Nash Herman Discusses False Claims About Colorado’s…
Independence Institute Policy Analyst Nash Herman appeared on the Free State Colorado podcast this…
Empty promises fill ‘progressive’ Colorado tax hike…
The newest iteration of the so-called “progressive” income tax hike being pushed for the 2026…
What Colorado’s state treasurer gets wrong about…
In a recent Denver Post opinion piece, State Treasurer Dave Young urges higher taxes on the wealthy…
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