The supporters of a citizen initiative to put a graduated income-tax system in the Colorado constitution said Monday that they had submitted more than 157,000 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state’s office as they seek to qualify for the November ballot. The groups making up the Protect Colorado’s Future campaign had said in advance […]

Victor Marx, the Colorado Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is “committing blatant criminal (acts)” by accepting unlimited campaign contributions through his online merchandise store, a GOP operative wrote in a campaign finance complaint filed Monday. The complaint, filed with the Colorado secretary of state’s office by Darcy Schoening, a former state party official, follows Marx’s […]

State officials Wednesday declared a small town in southeast Colorado abandoned after years of turmoil among its residents and local government leaders.  Residents of Hartman, which is near the state’s border with Kansas about a 30-minute drive east of Lamar, have not had elected officials running their town since January, when the entire board of […]