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Senate Bill 135: Blank Check Forgives Chronic Colorado Overspending
Claims that Senate Bill 26-135 could permanently eliminate the refund of overcollected revenue under Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) amendment may at first blush sound hyperbolic, but they are not. Let me explain. Beyond handing…
Nash Herman’s Testimony on SB26-135
On Thursday, March 12, Policy Analyst Nash Herman submitted testimony for Senate Bill 135 to the…
Rep. Sean Camacho Gets Colorado’s TABOR Wildly Wrong
Democrat State Representative Sean Camacho recently penned a guest commentary for the Denver Post…
Alcohol ‘Fees’ Another End-Run Around Colorado Voter…
State legislators have introduced yet another end-run around the voter say-so on taxes guaranteed by…
Gov. Polis Eyes Taxpayer Refunds as Budget Wound…
Colorado’s structural budget challenges continue to collide with wishful thinking and a lack of…
Medicaid’s ‘Perverse Incentives’ Tanking Colorado’s Budget
Colorado’s ongoing budget-gap struggles are the predictable result of structural problems with Medicaid. Paragon Health Institute, a non-partisan research institute, recently published a new report, Preserve and Improve Medicaid, which explains the…
Colorado Lawmakers Cry Poverty, Give Handouts to…
In the latest edition of “why care about Colorado’s budget shortfall if our legislators won’t,”…
Senate Bill 42: Latest Legislative Workaround to…
Similar to last year’s Senate Bill 173, legislative Democrats are returning this year with another…
Fiscal Policy Center’s Testimony on Bill to Reclassify…
On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Independence Institute’s Fiscal Policy Center Policy Analyst Nash…
Balancing Colorado’s Budget Means Ending Medicaid Bloat
Colorado’s budget deficits will continue until Medicaid spending improves. As the National…
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