The Hayden Town Council will be discussing implementing a marijuana cultivation excise tax at their meeting tomorrow. They will also discuss the upcoming election including a ballot question concerning bond issues. The Continue reading
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Hayden To Talk Taxes On Marijuana Cultivation
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Cigarette Taxes Could Triple
A ballot initiative that would triple the taxes collected on a pack of cigarettes has received enough signatures to reach the November ballot. The “New cigarette and tobacco taxes” initiative would increase the taxes collected on a pack of cigarettes from 84 cents to $2.59 per pack, and the taxes on other tobacco products would increase to 22%. If passed Continue reading
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South Routt School District Receives One Million Dollars
The South Routt School District will receive $1 million from the Colorado State Board of Education emergency fund, taking all but $80,000 from the fund. The State Board voted Thursday to approve the South Routt School District’s request for supplemental assistance due to non payment of taxes from Continue reading
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Wyoming Sheriff Warns of Two Telephone Scams
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office issued a consumer alert yesterday warning residents of two scams currently making the rounds. The first involves telephone calls from people claiming to represent an organization called “NRA,” who says their company represents another organization called “WTJ Capital.” The caller goes on to say Continue reading
Lawmakers to get Economic Forecast this Week
Colorado lawmakers will get their quarterly forecast from economists Wednesday on the amount of taxes the state is bringing in. The report will play an important role in the annual state budget lawmakers will debate and vote on in Continue reading
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Lawmaker Prepare to Revisit Medical Marijuana Rules
Just as Colorado is settling in for a second year of recreational marijuana sales, state lawmakers have some big decisions to make about its older cousin, the medical marijuana market. The state’s medical-pot regulations are due for automatic renewal in 2015. That means that all the rules about growing, processing and selling medical pot Continue reading
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Vendor Fee to be Profitable for Pot Shops
Colorado’s vendor fee, which rewards all businesses for the prompt payment of taxes by letting them keep a percentage of them each month, is proving to be profitable for pot shops across the state. Those businesses that pay the 2.9 percent sales tax in a timely fashion, get to keep about 3.3 percent of those taxes. This year, Continue reading
Group Challenges Pot Taxes
A handful of marijuana activists in Denver are making a curious legal challenge. They believe that pot should be legal under federal law. But because it isn’t, they say the state of Colorado can’t collect taxes on the drug. The tax challenge is going before a Denver District Court judge Friday morning. Colorado pot Continue reading
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Recreational Marijuana Sales Spike in June
New marijuana tax records from Colorado show June was the best-selling month yet for the state’s recreational pot experiment, with $24.7 million in total sales. The numbers released by the Department of Revenue also show recreational pot inching toward medical pot in total sales. In January, Colorado’s Continue reading
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Connect for Health Raises Taxes on Exchange Users
Yesterday morning, the Connect for Health Colorado Board of Directors voted for a $13 million increase in taxes for those insured under the Colorado health exchange to help the exchange make up for a budget deficit. Upon hearing the result of the vote, Congressman Cory Gardner (CO-04) sent a letter to Continue reading
