Bell Policy Center Staff

We asked Sadé, who is the Co-founder and chief Executive Officer of Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities (CHIC), to tell us about her work with CHIC and how she got to know the Bell.

Given the state’s structural budget problems and the chaotic funding cuts raining down from the federal government, this legislative session will be dominated by fiscal concerns. In our 2026 legislative preview we explain the $840 million budget legislators will have to contend with. We’ve also got our eye on some consumer protection and workforce issues. 

The Bell will partner with the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, and the Colorado Fiscal Institute to preview the issues and policies that we believe will drive the 2026 session of the Colorado General Assembly. We hope you will join us! More information coming soon.

ECE supports for 105 students at Metropolitan State University Denver improved educator retention, accelerated career advancement, and boosted professional knowledge and confidence.

TABOR limits Colorado’s ability to meet the needs of residents by, among other things, imposing artificial limits on revenue.

Several Colorado communities have put child care funding questions on the 2025 ballot, efforts intended to pay for much-needed services the state does not have the resources to support.

Bell staffers will walk through the two statewide questions on the 2025 ballot, as well as review several local questions about child care funding. We’ll also touch on a graduated income tax question heading for the 2026 ballot.

Recent polling shows substantial support for a graduated income tax, which would force the wealthiest Coloradans to pay higher rates and would cut income taxes for those making less than $500,000 a year.

The Bell’s 2025 Ballot Guide is here! This year, there are just two statewide questions before voters — Props LL and MM, which deal with school lunch funding. We’ve done the research and analysis so you have the facts you need to make informed decisions.

The Protect Colorado’s Future coalition has announced plans to put a graduated income tax on the 2026 ballot. This proposal would lower taxes for 98 percent of Coloradans, while raising taxes on individuals and corporations making more than $500,000 a year.