During my junior year of high school, I got the same question everyone got at that age: “what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Colorado voters have approved a measure to place a 6.5% excise tax on gun and ammunition sales this election cycle with a 54% yes vote.It makes Colorado the second state in the country to approve such a measure after one went to effect in California in July.The expected $39 million revenue will support crime victims and mental health services in the state, and some of the money will go to schools.RELATED STORY | Republican Rep.
“We’re taxing a constitutional right to fund this which I think is going about it the wrong way,” Price said.RELATED STORY | Colorado votes to enshrine right to abortion in state constitutionThe money from Proposition KK is to offset losses after federal grants for these programs fell by 45% this year, according to state data.
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