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Colorado’s Government Spending Problem

With all the recent buzz surrounding the sequester that took effect at the beginning of this month, it seems clear that the federal government has a spending problem. However, the government’s...

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Audit of Colorado Medical Marijuana Regulator Reveals Waste and Incompetence

A recent state audit of Colorado’s medical marijuana regulatory system exposed some significant weaknesses. Not only did the audit reveal that the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division had failed to...

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CO: School District Officials Hide Millions of Dollars

Last week, Fox 31 Denver revealed that Adams 12 Five Star School District officials “may have been intentionally hiding tens of millions of dollars in retirement benefit payments from the public.” Such...

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Feds Demand Repayment of Funds Due to Sequester

The federal sequester is starting to hurt Colorado. In even more bad news for the state budget, the federal government has announced that it is taking back money from timber sales and mineral royalties...

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Tax Day: Challenges to TABOR May Undermine Taxpayer Protections

April is National Tax Burden Month. As such, Watchdog Wire – Colorado is exploring recent challenges to the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) Amendment that could affect your tax burden. Since 1992,...

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CO: Controversial Voter Registration Bill Clears State House

A bill that would allow same-day voter registration passed the state house on Friday. If passed by the state senate, HB 1303 would also reduce the length of time required to become a Colorado resident,...

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Department of Revenue Answers Questions About Colorado Taxes

Since paying your taxes last week, have you wondered who collects those taxes and how? Watchdog Wire – Colorado contacted the Colorado Department of Revenue, the state agency in charge of administering...

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CO: Sheriffs Challenge Gun Bills in Court

On Friday, 54 of Colorado’s 64 sheriffs announced their federal lawsuit against two new gun control bills passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor John Hickenlooper this year. They are...

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Sunshine Review Gives Colorado a B for Website Transparency

How helpful is the Colorado state government website? Can you find the information you need? Does it include information on the state budget, elected officials, taxes, and public records? Well,...

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Writing Tips for the Citizen Watchdog

The Citizen Watchdogs here at Watchdog Wire have impressive writing skills and amazing dedication to the mission of government transparency. However, sometimes even the best citizen journalists need to...

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