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Colorado Democrats want to use TABOR refund money to fight child poverty, help care workers with new credits

Lawmakers are “planting a flag” for how state can help residents, sponsor says, but will Gov. Jared Polis agree?

State Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy, speaker pro tempore, left, and Speaker Julie McCluskie
State Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy, speaker pro tempore, left, and Speaker Julie McCluskie address members of the House’s transportation and local government committee during a meeting in the Old State Library at the Colorado State Capitol on Nov. 19, 2023, in Denver. They gathered on the third day of a special session on property taxes and other relief bills. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Nick Coltrain - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Colorado Democrats are eying a large portion of the state's $1.8 billion-plus surplus this year to provide child tax credits targeted to help lower-income families, but that and other proposals could put state lawmakers on a path for conflict with Gov. Jared Polis over tax policy.
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