House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, D-Denver, has said "there is no monopoly on good ideas" in dealing with revenue and spending provisions in the state Constitution. The term-limited House leader has offered a plan to nix the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, while enshrining Amendment 23's spending requirements in state law. Romanoff's less-than-warm reception of a Republican alternative to his plan has FTS cartoonist Milton questioning his sincerity.
Wearing a t-shirt reading “Kindness Regardless,” Lakewood business owner Kim Snyder broke down in tears at the Capitol Thursday afternoon shortly after a state Senate panel postponed indefinitely a bill that sought to limit the use of eminent domain by the Regional Transportation District.
A bipartisan state legislative coalition killed an amendment late Tuesday to this year's School Finance Act that would have taken millions away from the state's charter schools.
Property rights advocates experienced a small victory Tuesday when the state Senate’s Local Government Committee voted to restore a bill to its original form that would prohibit the Regional Transportation District from transferring private property obtained through eminent domain to another private owner for the purpose of any development not directly related to transit improvements and changes.
In town this week to discuss the state of Free Speech on America’s college campuses, Adam Kissel, director of the individual rights defense program for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, sat down with Face The State for an interview.
While once local chambers of commerce were seen as a voice for free enterprise and small businesses, some Denver business owners are now alleging that they've become an arm for big government and tax increases.
A Republican lawmaker today filed a campaign finance complaint against Gov. Bill Ritter's inaugural committee, following revelations last week that company's funds were used to pay for campaign expenses in violation of state elections law.
A Face The State Investigation has discovered the Foothills Parks and Recreation District broke state campaign law when it urged a "yes" vote on a tax increase question in its Summer program catalog. In a letter to residents from the district's board of directors, voters are urged to "Vote Yes to invest in a healthy community."