Weekly Roundup: Denver Health Immigrant Crisis, Property Taxes Increasing by 25%, Arapahoe County Commissioners Want to Eliminate TABOR

Every week, I take a look at news stories and headlines from across Colorado.

This week, we look at the crisis at Denver Health, public school enrollment, home permitting delays, Arapahoe County tax protections under threat, the split in the Democratic House Caucus, the Ouray newspaper theft, and look at an event hosted by the Colorado Union of Taxpayers this week!

Links to Articles:

New immigrants pose ‘difficult dilemma’ as Denver Health sees thousands of unpaid medical visits: https://denvergazette.com/news/new-immigrants-pose-difficult-dilemma-as-denver-health-sees-700-increase-in-patients/article_93bbba78-b4b0-11ee-83bf-93150c61a814.html

Colorado’s public school enrollment hits lowest level in a decade: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/17/colorado-public-school-enrollment-2023/

Delayed permit approvals increases home building costs, Denver auditors say: https://denvergazette.com/news/denver-home-permitting-review-audit/article_5fe29a3c-b64a-11ee-85a9-bfb05acf0099.html

Will Arapahoe County voters forfeit sensible TABOR tax caps?: https://www.coballot.com/arapahoe-county-ballot/

The Unaffiliated | Challengers take big fundraising leads in Colorado House primaries.: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcoloradosun.com%2F2024%2F01%2F19%2Funaffiliated-20240119%2F

Colorado property taxes may increase 25%: https://denvergazette.com/news/colorado-25-percent-property-tax-increase/article_d07ae376-b8a7-11ee-8622-6b46b65e07b4.html

Bring back the old TABOR | CALDARA: https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/bring-back-the-old-tabor-caldara/article_f0e0f82e-b732-11ee-932e-138086e69a79.html

Suspect identified in Ouray County newspaper theft: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdenvergazette.com%2Fnews%2Fouray-theft-suspect%2Farticle_8ccb45fc-b7e0-11ee-b820-afee98c8cde9.html

Join CUT for its Legislative Kick-off Event: https://secure.anedot.com/fdcd7330-b447-4aad-b874-89b51064f678/event-registration

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Author: Brandon Wark

Colorado Native, world traveler. Political operative and blogger in defense of liberty. Believer in the value of human life and the potential for consciousness. My posts are my opinion - protected by the First Amendment