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Colorado’s sweetheart tax deals roll on in spite of budget shortfall
If Colorado legislators aren’t taking this year’s alleged “budget crisis” seriously, why should the rest of us? Only a couple of weeks into the regular session, lawmakers have already introduced more than a dozen bills that would create, continue, or…
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…
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 costs
The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) recently held a hearing with the Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing (HCPF), the Governor’s office, and Manatt, a healthcare consulting firm, to address the unsustainable growth of Colorado’s…
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,…
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…
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