CAPITOL REVIEW: Supreme Court’s TABOR ruling puts legislature on shaky ground

CAPITOL REVIEW: Supreme Court’s TABOR ruling puts legislature on shaky ground

During its August special session, the Colorado General Assembly passed several bills to raise tax revenue and partially fill the growing chasm between federal tax policy and progressive Democrats’ insatiable spending. Although the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) in our state constitution requires a public vote on any “tax policy change directly causing a net tax revenue gain,” lawmakers believe that a Colorado Supreme Court ruling from 2018 al…