COLORADO — A pair of ballot measures to allocate more funding to universal breakfast and lunch for students in Colorado schools is gaining approval, early returns show Tuesday night.

Proposition LL and Proposition MM both allocate additional money to the program, which voters approved in 2022, just in different ways.

The state collected more than the estimated $100.7 million it predicted in 2022, which is why Proposition LL asked voters whether the state should retain an additional $11.3 million it collected under the tax.

The money would typically be refunded to taxpayers making more than $300,000 under the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Proposition MM asked whether or not taxpayers making more than $300,000 should pay more to fund additional costs for the program. The state said t

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