colorado budget
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Colorado legislators wrap up special session to plug $800 million budget deficit
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Colorado’s legislators on Tuesday wrapped up their work following a special session that sought to plug an $800 million budget deficit. They adopted a slew of tax measures intended to shore up state revenue and confirmed the governor’s authority to make spending reductions. But the legislators didn’t actually cut any spending themselves, despite the governor…
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Colorado General Assembly is back in session today | Here are 5 things you need to know
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The Colorado General Assembly will kick off its 2025 session today. Here are five things you need to know. Ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The House and Senate will convene at 10 a.m. The lawmakers will be sworn in by the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. In the House, everyone…
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Colorado General Assembly to tackle union law, crime, gaming amid vacancies in 2025 session
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Fresh from an election, the Colorado General Assembly will kick off its session on Jan. 8, when lawmakers will begin to tackle major fights in 2025, notably over union laws and criminal policy. In addition, lawmakers will need to figure out a way to govern with new leaders — and dozens of new members. The Colorado…
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Colorado Senate approves $40.6 budget with 19 amendments
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The Colorado Senate on Friday approved the state’s $40.6 billion budget for the next fiscal year after adopting nearly 20 amendments during the debate the day before. The spending plan will now head back to a small group of lawmakers that will work to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions. The vote for…
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Colorado Senate approves $40.6 budget with 19 amendments
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The Colorado Senate on Friday approved the state’s $40.6 billion budget for the next fiscal year after adopting nearly 20 amendments during the debate the day before. The spending plan will now head back to a small group of lawmakers that will work to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions. The vote for…
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Legislators spar over staffing increases, education funding in Colorado’s $36 billion budget plan
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Colorado’s representatives on Tuesday sparred over staffing increases and the rationale for an array of funding proposals, notably money for private educational institutions, as they pored over a plan to spend $3.5 billion more in the next fiscal year. The proposed spending for 2022-23 amounts to $36.4 billion, including hiking general fund expenditure by $1.5…
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Colorado House Dems green light ‘Orange Is the New Black’ prison tampon budget amendment
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Women incarcerated in Colorado don’t have adequate access to feminine hygiene products, and that’s an unnecessary affront to dignity, said Democratic state Reps. Leslie Herod and Faith Winter on Thursday. They proposed an amendment to the state’s $26.8 billion budget that would move $40,000 within the Department of Correction to solve the problem. The House…
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Silverii: No, Medicaid isn’t busting Colorado’s budget
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There’s a terrible myth that has captured the minds of most right-wing politicians in Colorado and and has even been perpetuated in guest commentaries in this paper. The myth is that, somehow, ensuring that sick kids, people with disabilities and low-income women have access to healthcare is the reason our state budget faces annual challenges. Not the…
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With much grumbling, Senate votes overwhelmingly for state budget
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Democrats and Republicans in the Senate want you to know they don’t love this year’s $27 billion budget, but they voted for it in a landslide. “The bottom line is, I’m going to vote yes on this budget because of the great work of the Joint Budget Committee members (who drafted it). I’m proud of…
