Yes! You do get a tax cut if you’re among the 97 percent of Coloradans who make less than $500k a year. Check out this @coloradosun.com piece about the graduated income tax! coloradosun.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

ICYMI: Check out this succinct history of Colorado's child care policy developments over the last decade. The Bell's Research Intern Otiwaa Ampofo also does a video summarizing her work. bellpolicy.org/colorado-ear...

Building Colorado’s Early Child Care System: A Decade of Progress and The Challenges Ahead

Review our timeline of Colorado's progress in transforming its early child care system with a focus on persistent challenges around affordability, provider capacity, quality and accessibility.

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Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social debunks their lies. Watch.

How Would a Wealth Tax Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

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ICYMI: Data gaps significantly limit our understanding of economic security for all older adults. Read more about the kinds of information needed to better understand the challenges. bellpolicy.org/better-data-...

Better Data Needed for Older Coloradans

Better data about older Coloradans would help define policy and funding priorities for this growing segment of the state.

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Let's GIT the graduated income tax to the finish line! Please consider donating — even $10 helps a lot — to make income tax fairness a reality! #copolitics secure.numero.ai/contribute/T...

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It's official 🥳 Income Tax Fairness is on the ballot! Colorado's tax system is broken. A nurse or teacher making $50K pays the same rate as a millionaire or giant corporation. Under Initiative 195, 97% of taxpayers get a tax cut, & no one under $500K pays a penny more. #copolitics

It's official 🥳 Income Tax Fairness is on the ballot! Colorado's tax system is broken. A nurse or teacher making $50K pays the same rate as a millionaire or giant corporation. Under Initiative 195, 97% of taxpayers get a tax cut, & no one under $500K pays a penny more. #copolitics

Rising wealth inequality is narrowing the path to economic mobility. We're fighting back. It's our mission. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed. bellpolicy.org/newsletter/

Mark Cuban lays out a stark choice: Corporations ought to pay more in taxes or give every staffer company stock. Company founders and CEOs need to share the wealth. fortune.com/2026/08/24/m...

Mark Cuban wants to solve wealth inequality by making employers choose between paying higher taxes or giving every member of staff company stock | Fortune

"If we continue to see growing disparity in income, you risk unrest and further division, which is the most expensive tax on every business."

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If it looks like a payday loan and acts like a payday loan, we think it should be regulated like a payday loan. Learn about earned wage access loans in a primer we wrote about the topic. #consumerprotection #earnedwageaccess bellpolicy.org/in-the-know-...

In The Know: Earned Wage Access Loans Are a New Twist on an Old Idea

Earned Wage Access loans look like a payday loan and act like a payday loan. We explain the nuances of this new fintech loan product.

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Yes, yes, yes! This piece from the National Urban League hits the nail on the head. We need an economic system that works for working people — not just the wealthy. "The American Dream does not need to be reinvented. It needs to be restored." nul.org/news/afforda...

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952,

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ICYMI: Six things to know about Colorado taxes. bellpolicy.org/colorado-tax...

We like where this is going. The @bellpolicy.bsky.social submitted an amicus brief supporting Colorado's efforts to make banks abide by our state's laws on interest rates when lending in Colorado. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/08/18/1...

10th Circuit sympathetic to Colorado consumer protection law governing interest rates

Members of the Denver-based federal appeals court appeared sympathetic on Tuesday to Colorado’s assertion that it can lawfully require certain out-of-state banks to abide by the state’s own ceilings o...

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We are fighting every day for the ability of *everyone* to access the American Dream. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up with our work. bellpolicy.org/newsletter/

The @coloradosun.com's Kevin Simpson is such a graceful writer. This piece is worth a read on its own, but his byline makes it all the more enjoyable. coloradosun.com/2026/08/16/d...

As rapidly aging Colorado confronts social isolation, DU students join nationwide effort to bridge the gap

Perfect Pair matches student volunteers with older adults. The results have paid dividends on both sides. Plus, there’s music.

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This @wbur.org segment on "predistribution" of wealth is really interesting and worth some of your time today. #wealthinequality www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Could 'predistribution' shrink America's wealth gap?

Redistributing wealth through things like taxpayer-funded welfare programs gets a lot of pushback in the U.S. But what if income inequality could be fixed, not after the fact, but before it happened?

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indivisiblecolorado.net/ballot-initi... 2026 Ballot Initiatives: Where Does Indivisible CO Stand? Don't sign a petition unless you understand what you are signing! ❌✍️ We support 2 TABOR Initiatives: Ballot Initiative 195 protectcoloradosfuture.com Proposition NN ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Pro...

By many measures, the Colorado economy has been growing. But if you take a closer look, you'll see that greater wealth continues to be concentrated in the hands of a small proportion of the population. This is why we need a graduated income tax. bellpolicy.org/growing-weal...

Growing Wealth Inequality in Colorado

Too many Coloradans struggle to attain economic security. If left unaddressed, Colorado's policy decisions will continue to perpetuate wealth inequality and hinder a more fair and prosperous state.

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Well-done check on what dark money-funded opponents are saying about the graduated income tax. It is not "un-American." What's un-American is the obsessive money grab by the uber wealthy who keep pushing the American dream out of reach for the rest of us. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/is-t...

Is the Graduated Income Tax Fundamentally Un-American, As an Opponent Alleges?

Last month, Kristi Burton Brown, executive vice president of the conservative policy organization Advance Colorado, appeared on a conservative radio show to discuss the alleged dangers of the graduate...

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Interesting piece in @coloradonewsline.com that pulls apart the factors influencing the construction of affordable housing. coloradonewsline.com/2026/08/10/a...

Affordable housing often costs more to build than market‑rate housing — Colorado is closing the gap | Colorado Newsline

Colorado’s affordable housing experiment is a reminder that the gap between affordable and market-rate housing can be narrowed.

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Don't buy what they're selling — which is a report full of wishful thinking about the graduated income tax and how they say it will interact with other measures on the ballot. It's not, as the legal folks say, severable in ways that suit their agenda.

The @denverpost.com highlighted the graduated income tax in this story about the crowded November ballot. We know the dark money machine will spew lies about the GIT. But we trust voters will understand they'll get a tax cut if they make less than $500k annually. www.denverpost.com/2026/08/09/c...

Colorado voters will face a potential record number of ballot questions, including the ‘battle of the year’

Coming in November: a ballot measure crush, asking Colorado voters to decide thorny questions.

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What a day! The Protect Colorado's Future coalition submitted what we're now estimating as 163,000 valid signatures to get the graduated income tax on the ballot! Let's keep it rolling!

We did it!! Thank you @coloradonewsline.com and @chasewoodruff.bsky.social for the story about our coalition turning in signatures to get the graduated income tax on the ballot! It will cut taxes for 97% of Coloradans and raise them for those making more. coloradonewsline.com/briefs/color...

Supporters of Colorado graduated income tax measure submit ​required number of petition signatures | Colorado Newsline

As a constitutional measure, the initiative needs the support of at least 2% of the registered voters in each of 35 state Senate districts.

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GIT'in it done!! We are ready to deliver 157,000 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State today to get the graduated income tax on the November ballot!! Let's GIT it passed!! #copolitics

What an amazing final push from our coalition members and a small army of volunteers. The graduated income tax is poised to make the ballot! coloradosun.com/2026/08/01/g...

Backers of Colorado’s graduated income tax ballot measure race to collect final voter signatures before Monday deadline

Initiative 195 will ask voters to raise Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax rate on income earned by people and corporations that exceeds $500,000 while cutting the income tax rate on earnings less than t...

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If you would like to sign the petition to get this on the ballot, try contacting one of these groups: @bellpolicy.bsky.social or @copolicy.bsky.social

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Backers of Colorado’s graduated income tax ballot measure race to collect final voter signatures before Monday deadline

Chicago’s chief financial officer on Tuesday branded Illinois’ regressive tax structure as “the crime of the century” that can only be solved through a graduated income tax and extending the state sales tax to professional services.

Illinois' regressive tax structure is "crime of the century" that needs to be solved, Chicago's CFO says

Jill Jaworski, Mayor Brandon Johnson's chief financial officer, said the state's tax inequities can only be solved by switching from a flat state income tax to a graduated tax, and by extending the…

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The graduated income tax that we're working so hard to get to the ballot will save you money if you're part of the 97% of Coloradans who make less than $500K a year. Check out our calculator at protectcoloradosfuture.com and sign the petition if you haven't yet!! #copolitics