Marianne Goodland

Groups that raise unlimited amounts of money have spent about $20 million in May and June to try and influence Colorado voters’ choices.

State economists reported a stronger-than-expected bump in general fund revenue driven largely by higher individual income tax collections, yet warned that Colorado remains on track to begin the next fiscal year with a sizable shortfall. State economists upgraded “significantly” the amount of general fund revenue the state is taking in this year from their March […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Nebraska’s lawsuit against Colorado over the Perkins County canal, a move that advances a legal dispute likely to take years to resolve. The proposed Perkins County canal would run through land owned by six Colorado landowners in Sedgwick County before crossing into Perkins County in Nebraska. […]

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Coloradans looking to avoid high vehicle registration fees have increasingly turned to what’s known as the Montana loophole — a strategy that surfaced recently at a luxury car event near the Cherry Creek Mall. It works like this: A Colorado resident buys a high-end vehicle — anything from a large recreational vehicle to a supercar […]

Victor Marx's gubernatorial campaign has been hit with more than 140 campaign finance complaints, although most have been consolidated by the state’s election office because they follow similar alleged violations.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Colorado to dismantle a decade‑old law that grants in‑state tuition to students living illegally in the United States, setting up a high‑stakes clash over immigration policy. In 2013, after more than six tries in a decade, Colorado legislators passed Senate Bill 33, also known as the ASSET Act, […]

The proposal amending the Colorado constitution to change the state's flat rate into a graduated income tax came in at the wire on Monday, the deadline for groups to turn in petition signatures for November's ballot, setting up a high stakes battle over revenue.

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s gubernatorial campaign has agreed to pay a $7,433 fine for using his U.S. Senate campaign account to pay for gubernatorial travel expenses.

The battle between two competing ballot measures — one seeking to cap Colorado's income tax rate, the other pushing for a tiered system depending on income levels — might come down to whichever ballot proposal gets one more vote.