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Follow this topic by RSSColorado Supreme Court hears Ritter tax plea
A Face the State Staff Report
September 15, 2008Mark Grueskin, an attorney frequently used by Democrats to litigate heated political issues, is at it again. On Thursday, he tried to convince the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that a $3.8 billion tax increase, imposed by the state legislature and backed by Gov. Bill Ritter, violated a state constitutional amendment mandating that all tax increases require voter approval.
The week in Colorado news: Ritter's tax hike at the Supreme Court, federal judges, Longmont vs. RTD
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Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones, guest-hosting on 600 KCOL, for a look at the week that was in Colorado news. More >
Larimer County GOP Banks on Labor Fatigue
A Face the State Staff Report
August 4, 2008Former Fort Collins Mayor Ray Martinez, a Republican, predicts that recent public backlash against unionization with play well for area Republicans this November.
"I heard a rumor that some (unnamed) someone had offered the State Supreme Court a promise of a new building if only the Court would find the illegal property tax imposed by Governor Ritter and his Democrat legislature was constitutional."
Ritter banks on a liberal court
June 20, 2008Gov. Bill Ritter, persistent as ever when it comes to tax increases, is refusing to accept a decision by Denver District Court Judge Christina Habas, who ruled that a mill levy freeze in the 2007 School Finance Act is an unconstitutional tax increase.
6/13: Supreme Court is wrong on eminent-domain
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Colorado towns now have the power to condemn land outside city limits, all thanks to the state Supreme Court. More >
6/6: The Supreme Court's double standard
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Why is the Colorado Supreme Court making campaign finance exceptions for unions that don't extend to businesses? More >
Municipal Fascists, Labor Leaders, and the Justices Who Love Them Both
FTS Opinion
June 4, 2008If the nine black robes on the U.S. Supreme Court rule the roost, it's not for a lack of competition from right here in Colorado.
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12/3: Greeley gangs learn how to aim
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