Chris Brown, a non-partisan researcher who has spent many hours examining the economic effects of Prop. 120, jokes it would probably take more than a single beer to explain all the nuances of the initiative to the average voter.
Proposition 119 would raise taxes on marijuana sales by 5% over the next three years. Nonpartisan analysts at the Capitol say the Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program – or LEAP for short – would net more than $100 million for the program during the next fiscal year.
Amendment 78 is a conservative-led effort to make the executive branch a little less powerful by giving state lawmakers more control over emergency spending.
A politically diverse committee that has spent half a year vetting the boundaries for Colorado’s U.S. House districts voted 11-1 just before midnight on Tuesday to send a map to the state Supreme Court.