Marginal tax rates allow policymakers to tax different income levels at different rates, making the overall tax code, inclusive of all types of taxes, more fair.

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The "No on 87" campaigns mislead voters by saying Amendment 87 would tax Social Security and pensions differently.

The 2026 Colorado Ballot Guide is here! We've done the research and analysis so you have the facts you need.

Review our timeline of Colorado's progress in transforming its early child care system with a focus on persistent challenges around affordability, provider capacity, quality and accessibility.

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

Better data about older Coloradans would help define policy and funding priorities for this growing segment of the state.

"If we continue to see growing disparity in income, you risk unrest and further division, which is the most expensive tax on every business."

Earned Wage Access loans look like a payday loan and act like a payday loan. We explain the nuances of this new fintech loan product.

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952,

Members of the Denver-based federal appeals court appeared sympathetic on Tuesday to Colorado’s assertion that it can lawfully require certain out-of-state banks to abide by the state’s own ceilings o...

Perfect Pair matches student volunteers with older adults. The results have paid dividends on both sides. Plus, there’s music.

Redistributing wealth through things like taxpayer-funded welfare programs gets a lot of pushback in the U.S. But what if income inequality could be fixed, not after the fact, but before it happened?

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Too many Coloradans struggle to attain economic security. If left unaddressed, Colorado's policy decisions will continue to perpetuate wealth inequality and hinder a more fair and prosperous state.

Last month, Kristi Burton Brown, executive vice president of the conservative policy organization Advance Colorado, appeared on a conservative radio show to discuss the alleged dangers of the graduate...

Colorado’s affordable housing experiment is a reminder that the gap between affordable and market-rate housing can be narrowed.

Coming in November: a ballot measure crush, asking Colorado voters to decide thorny questions.

As a constitutional measure, the initiative needs the support of at least 2% of the registered voters in each of 35 state Senate districts.

Initiative 195 will ask voters to raise Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax rate on income earned by people and corporations that exceeds $500,000 while cutting the income tax rate on earnings less than t...

Jill Jaworski, Mayor Brandon Johnson's chief financial officer, said the state's tax inequities can only be solved by switching from a flat state income tax to a graduated tax, and by extending the…