Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)

Of the ballot questions Coloradans will vote on in November, Constitutional Amendment B might be the most confusing. So, to help us navigate the complex world of the 1992 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) and the 1982 Gallagher Amendment, Colorado Edition turned to Phyllis Resnick, executive director and lead economist of the Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University.

Colorado wants a federal court to reconsider a ruling that revived a legal challenge to the state's tax-and-spending limits.Attorney General Phil Weiser…

Colorado's Supreme Court says proponents of a ballot initiative to eliminate constitutional limits on taxation and spending can proceed.The court ruled…

A House committee on Monday advanced a bill to ask Colorado voters if the state can retain excess tax revenue and a companion bill that would spend that…

Colorado's governor has asked the state Supreme Court to clarify how two constitutional amendments should jointly affect taxes.The Denver Post reports…

Two Republican and two Democratic lawmakers.Another 96 legislators.Nearly 175 lobbyists and lobbying firms.More than 150 lobbying clients, including…

As teachers gear up for the new school year, state education officials have spent months trying to figure out how to close a growing teacher shortage.…

State lawmakers are leading an effort to change how the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) is calculated. The goal: Let Colorado keep more of the tax money…

Colorado lawmakers are required to pass a balanced state budget every legislative session, but that could prove challenging for the 2016 -2017 fiscal…

State lawmakers are set to debate the annual budget, which funds everything from roads and schools, to health care and parks. In 2016, Colorado has a…