budget
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Mayor Mobolade presents tight 2026 Colorado Springs budget proposal
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Colorado Springs is heading into 2026 with an $11 million drop in its general fund and $31 million less in the city budget, a sign of the economic uncertainty and constrictions facing the city. Mayor Yemi Mobolade handed the hundreds of pages of his proposed 2026 budget details over to the Colorado Springs City Council…
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Denver clerk and recorder calls for budget amendment to fund 2026 elections
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Less than 24 hours after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston delivered his 2026 budget proposal to the city, Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul López has called for the City Council to consider an amendment to the mayor’s spending plan that would increase funding for his office. Johnston’s proposal for the coming year did not include the…
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Denver imposes hiring freeze, diverts funds to come up with $90 million for illegal immigration crisis
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Denver taxpayers are on the hook for $90 million this fiscal year to pay for the city’s response to the illegal immigration crisis that has been spilling over into America’s interior cities from the southern border. That’s the latest estimate from Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, which earlier said the city was poised to spend…
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Denver imposes hiring freeze, diverts funds to come up with $90 million for illegal immigration crisis
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Denver taxpayers are on the hook for $90 million this fiscal year to pay for the city’s response to the illegal immigration crisis that has been spilling over into America’s interior cities from the southern border. That’s the latest estimate from Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, which earlier said the city was poised to spend…
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Denver imposes hiring freeze, diverts funds to come up with $90 million for illegal immigration crisis
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Denver taxpayers are on the hook for $90 million this fiscal year to pay for the city’s response to the illegal immigration crisis that has been spilling over into America’s interior cities from the southern border. That’s the latest estimate from Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, which earlier said the city was poised to spend…
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Senate approves adding $40 million to Colorado’s special education funding
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A proposal to increase Colorado’s special education funding by $40 million cleared a major hurdle on Monday, receiving unanimous approval from the state Senate. If passed by the full legislature, Senate Bill 99 would add $40,203,671 to the Department of Education’s annual appropriation. Proponents said the funding would be used for special education programs to help bring…
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Satellites, spacecrafts sent into orbit increase; investors hesitant to spend: Report
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Earthlings’ interaction with the celestial realm reached new heights over the past year, but investors in the space industry were not as enthusiastic about the proposition of rocketing into orbit, a report from the Space Foundation showed. The Space Foundation, a nonprofit based in Colorado Springs that provides information and education about space, released its…
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A LOOK BACK | Aspinall rejects GOP’s socialism claims during election season
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall, D-CD4, was honored by the Mesa County Jane Jefferson Club in a special “Wayne Aspinall Night” meeting. Speaking to around 85 Mesa County Democratic women, Aspinall said that “Republican charges of increasing socialism in the federal government are unfounded.” Of the entire federal budget, he argued,…
