When Colorado taxpayers receive their real property tax bills next week, they will probably see double-digit increases and have only a few weeks to appeal the valuation. Instead of reforming the system to prevent huge spikes in taxes, Ben Murrey, the director of fiscal policy at the free-market Independence Institute, predicts state leaders will reveal a relief plan paid with Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights funds.
The rise in auto thefts in Colorado since 2014 has resulted in a $277 million increase to auto insurance premiums, according to a new report by a research group. Colorado’s auto theft rate in 2022 was 801.2 thefts per 100,000 residents, up from 240.6in2014–a233%increase, said the report by the Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise think tank.
The Colorado legislature is on track to issue about $2 billion in taxpayer refunds through a system that the Democratic majority at the state Capitol has previously blasted as inequitable. State lawmakers have broad authority over how to refund money collected above the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap on government growth, which is calculated annually based on population and inflation increases.
A former school building that has undergone renovations and restoration over the last year to develop into a community space once more will see a Grand Opening in early-May. Urban Neighborhoods Inc., a Denver-based historic preservation company that is also working to restore the Trinidad Fox West Theatre under the leadership of Dana Crawford, announced that the East Street School will hold a Grand Opening Saturday, May 6.
DEAR ABBY: I have a problem I can’t fix. I have been married for 54 years. For the last 20 we have slept in different bedrooms. I get no affection from my wife, and everything has to be her way. We no longer have anything in common except our children and grandchildren who, for the most part, come to me only when they need something.
Thinking of you today Mom, but that is nothing new. For no new day dawns and no day ends without a thought of you.
In memory of Sam Carpio, Jr. who got his angel wings on May 1, 2022. It’s been a year that our lives were changed. We miss your sweet smile and the laughter you brought to us. Our lives have not been the same since you left us. You will forever be in our hearts until we meet again.
all Purgatoire River Call as of: 04/26/2023 Hoehne Ditch: Priority #9, Appropriation Date: 01/01/1863 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 158.72 AF Inflow 51.95 AF - 26.19 CFS Evaporation 5.23 AF Content 23,215 Elevation 6,187.09 Precipitation 0.04 Downstream Call: Highland Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/31/1866 Jeff Montoya, Water Commissioner Colorado Division of Water Div. 2, District 19 .
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” ~ Graham Greene Events Trinidad Youth Art Show 2nd Annual Trinidad Youth Art Show. Wednesday through Friday at A.R.
The National Park Service announced it has selected a new superintendent of the High Plains Group of parks in Colorado and New Mexico, including Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, among other local gems.