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Democrats plan to send Coloradans $2 billion in taxpayer refunds through a system they’ve blasted as inequitable

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.

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Preservers of former school building announce grand opening

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.

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Influential conservative dark-money group doesn’t have to reveal donors, face campaign finance sanctions, Denver judge rules

Judge David H. Goldberg found that Unite for Colorado didn’t violate a state rule requiring political nonprofits to reveal their funders when their spending on a ballot initiative is their ‘major purpose’ An influential, conservative dark-money political group doesn’t have to reveal its donors and pay a $40,000 campaign finance fine levied by state elections officials stemming from the $4 million it spent on 2020 ballot initiatives, a Denver District Court judge ruled Friday.

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Colorado cities still won’t be allowed to authorize “overdose prevention centers” after legislature rejects bill

Colorado cities still won’t be allowed to authorize the formation of centers where people could openly use illicit drugs under the supervision of health care workers or others trained in reversing overdoses after a state Senate committee Wednesday voted down a bill that would have provided a legal pathway for the sites. House Bill 1202 was rejected by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, with six of the nine members of the panel voting to shelve the measure.

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