Residents of Eagle County in Colorado's high country approved a ballot measure in Tuesday's election that will double the county's lodging tax to help support child care, public safety and advertising for local tourism.

With food assistance under threat nationwide, Colorado voters made a statement in Tuesday's election by passing propositions LL and MM to provide universal free school meals to students. Why it matters: The successful ballot issues keep the Healthy School Meals for All program funded amid a state budget crunch by increasing taxes on higher earners.

The sales tax questions in Larimer County and a mountain resort region are among a record number of local ballot measures that would send money to child care.