This perspective outlines proposed principles for determining budget priorities, providing certain criteria for legislators to use when faced with hard decisions and limited funds in the state’s budget writing process.
Taxes & Spending
Assessing Tax Trends in El Paso County
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in El Paso County? And, if so, have local decision-makers actively helped or hurt the situation? To help answer these questions, let’s review the county’s 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and gather four types of data—i.e., tax levies, local population, total tax rates, and taxable values—over a 10-year time...
March 10, 2026