Since Trump was elected: Mark Zuckerberg got $25 billion richer Jeff Bezos got $36 billion richer Larry Ellison got $78 billion richer Elon Musk got $187 billion richer Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, food & housing costs soar and AI is killing jobs.

ICYMI: Thoughtful op-ed on the graduated income tax by Lisa Weil of Great Ed Colo and Hillary Jorgensen of Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition. The @BellPolicy is proud to partner with them and others in the Protect Colorado's Future coalition. #copolitics https://t.co/qgicpDsDJT

Chris deGruy Kennedy, Pres & CEO of the @bellpolicy Center, tells you how you'll know the graduated income tax coming to your 2026 ballot will reduce taxes for 98% of Coloradans. (And yeah, there are some cute goats eating hay in the background.) #copolitics

In recent years, we've seen enormous tax cuts handed to the richest people in the U.S. It's no surprise that trend coincides with a huge uptick in their political spending. And what do they want in return? More tax cuts, of course. https://t.co/BOSnOqj3sn

Terrific column by @LisaWeil1 and Hillary Jorgensen in today's @ColoradoSun: Colorado needs a graduated income tax, which would cut state income taxes for 98% of Coloradans and raise revenue for K-12, healthcare, child care and more. #copolitics

A full 70% of initiatives filed at Colorado's Title Board are funded by conservative dark money group Advance Colorado. What they can't achieve by winning elected office, they're trying to accomplish at the ballot box. #copolitics #coleg

We were proud to partner with @CRLONLINE to push back on big banks that would ignore the limits that Coloradans have placed on rates and fees that short-term lenders could charge our residents. #copolitics #coleg

Today's decision means Colorado's law stands. It's a clear victory for consumers.

Just to be clear about what this means. If Colorado had not opted out, banks could ignore state-approved caps on interest rates and fees. Instead, they could charge as much as 200% interest.

But it also had an opt-out provision, and that's what Colorado did with HB23-1229. We opted out of DIDMCA. The Colorado law was supposed to go into effect July 1, 2024 but the big banks challenged it.

The federal law is known as Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 or DIDMCA. It allowed banks located outside Colorado to ignore our state's caps on interest rates and fees.

Colorado has a history of protecting consumers from high payday loan interest rates and fees. In keeping with that tradition, legislators passed HB23-1229, which allows Colorado to opt-out of a federal law.

It's a win — for Colorado consumers! The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled against big banks trying to steamroll Colorado's laws limiting predatory interest rates on short-term loans. #coleg #copolitics

It's time to get going on a progressive income tax. Colorado's future depends on it. #copolitics #coleg

Budget pain hits local governments in Colorado as costs rise, funding shrinks and the federal shutdown drags on https://t.co/VcIfO16ZEI #copolitics #coleg

How Medicaid cuts will hurt Colorado families caring for adult children with disabilities https://t.co/hmJMj4eHtT #copolitics

Supports for those who want to teach and care for Colorado children are critical, according to research by Bell Economic Mobility Fellows Dr. Rosemarie Allen and Dr. Dorothy Shapland Rodriguez, who studied 105 ECE students at @msudenver https://t.co/6VpNL37f4D

Election Day is tomorrow! If you're still thinking about how to vote on Props LL and MM, check out our 2025 Ballot Guide. We give you the context and analysis so you have facts you need. https://t.co/LddqeddVg7 #copolitics

Since the 2010 ACA, there have been assaults on the historic expansion of health insurance for millions of Americans. H.R. 1 has succeeded in ways that prior efforts had failed. We examine how HR1 will devastate rural Colorado, focusing on the 3rd CD.

Most people agree that progressive tax codes — where the wealthy pay a higher tax rate than low- and middle-income families — are fair. But most of our state & local tax systems are regressive, leading to widening inequality and underfunded public services.