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The measure will increase taxes on Coloradans who make $300,000 a year or more by an average of about $500.
Most of the money collected will pay for Colorado's free school meals program.
It will also help cover the state's share of SNAP, or food stamps, after Congress cut funding for the program this summer.
Anya Rose is with Hunger Free Colorado, which backed the initiative.
The measure is expected to raise over $27 million for SNAP in the next fiscal year and about double that for school meals.
The measure will increase taxes on Coloradans who make $300,000 a year or more, by an average of about $500.
Most of the money collected will pay for Colorado's free school meals program.
It will also help cover the state's share of SNAP, or food stamps, after Congress cut funding for the program this summer.
Anya Rose is with Hunger Free Colorado, which backed the initiative.
The measure is expected to raise over $27 million for SNAP in the next fiscal year and about double that for school meals.
For NPR News, I'm Lucas Brady-Woods in Denver, Colorado.
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