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Colorado voters approve transit tax despite economy
(The Center Square) - Colorado voters approved a sales tax increase to fund a transit project that could cost the state over $1 billion in gross domestic product over the next 10 years. Residents in the Front Range Passenger Rail District voted 56% to 44% in favor of Ballot Issue 7A, which would create a 0.33% sales tax for the district, including 31 cities such as Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Pueblo and Colorado Springs. The Nov. 3 ballot initiative is expected to raise an estimated $295 million annually for the Front Range Passenger Rail District. The extra tax revenue will help the public agency expand its starter rail route between Denver and Fort Collins to Colorado Springs and Pueblo while increasing train frequency across the corridor. The Denver-to-Fort Collins route is expected to start in 2029, while the others are anticipated to begin in 2032. Sal Pace, general manager of the Front Range Passenger Rail District, said Colorado is “one of the most congested states in the country,” especially in the Denver metropolitan area. “On average, people are losing two entire full work weeks every single year being stuck in traffic,” he told The Center Square. The new project will
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ThunderBowl host RMAC grid title showdown: Western Colorado at CSU Pueblo
Two of the nation’s top NCAA Division II college football schools square off Saturday in the Steel City at the ThunderBowl as Western Colorado meets CSU Pueblo in a 1 p.m. contest to decide the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title and the league’s automatic playoff berth. Both teams...
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PUC Invites Public Comment on Black Hills Electric Rate Case Proposal
Black Hills is required to seek approval from the PUC to raise customer rates. The Commission will hold a total of three public comment hearings on this rate proposal, including two in-person hearings—Dec. 1 in Cañon City and Dec. 2 in Pueblo, followed by a virtual hearing in January. The hearings are an opportunity for local community members to provide comments on the proposed rate increase. The Commission will make no decisions or hold deliberations at these public comment hearings.