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Colorado families with children under 17 are now eligible for the new family affordability tax credit, which can provide up to $3,200 per child for lower income families. The tax credit is refundable and can be claimed by families filing their 2024 tax returns, and is available in dozens of languages.

A bill proposed this week would offer $3 million a year to a 鈥済lobal film festival entity鈥� that moves to Colorado. The Sundance Institute says Boulder is one of three potential hosts for the country鈥檚 largest film festival. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Lance Benzel and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

A group of Colorado ski towns wants the ability to tax homeowners who let their vacation houses sit empty for long stretches. And they鈥檙e asking state lawmakers to help them do it. We discuss their proposal on today's In The NoCo.

Rising home values have led to higher real estate taxes around the U.S. Now many states are looking to provide relief to frustrated residents. New laws enacted in Alabama, Colorado and Wyoming will limit the growth in tax-assessed values for homeowners. Proposals to curb property taxes also will appear on ballots this year in Colorado and Georgia.

KUNC 暗黑爆料 has discovered more than 16,000 state checkbook entries in the last year missing the names of the people or businesses who received the taxpayer money listed there. Instead, there are generic codes in the spaces where those vendors' names are supposed to be.

The state legislature's Democratic majority pushed through a tax relief package for next year. The package includes tax rate adjustments, flat TABOR refunds, rental assistance, food benefits and an expanded income tax credit鈥攁ll as tensions over the conflict in Gaza spilled onto the House floor.

Lawmakers convened at the State Capitol Friday for the first day of a special legislative session focused on providing property tax relief next year. Bipartisan collaboration seems unlikely as Democrat and Republican proposals remain at odds and several GOP bills have already been killed.

The legislative session, which Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday, follows a resounding defeat for a ballot measure in Tuesday's election that attempted to address the problem over the next decade.

Two ballot questions will be posed to Coloradans in November. Residents will vote on whether to approve a Gov. Polis-backed property tax relief plan as well as changes to tobacco and nicotine taxation.

A new state campaign is trying to get more electric vehicles on the road. 'EV CO' launched last month - it's built around a new website that can help residents connect with resources and answer questions about electric vehicles.