lauren larson
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COVER STORY | Unsustainable? Colorado’s government keeps growing
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Proponents of Colorado’s TABOR designed the constitutional amendment to curb government’s voracious appetite for more spending. But Colorado’s most recognizable tax law, which turns 30 this year, hasn’t stopped the state government from growing. Not even close. Consider this: lawmakers propose to spend $36.4 billion in the next fiscal year, an amount that funds 62,928…
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Polis’ revised budget proposal includes full-day kindergarten plan (VIDEO)
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis won’t present his budget proposal to the Joint Budget Committee until Wednesday — but Tuesday he and his staff gave a sneak peek to Capitol reporters. His predecessor, former Gov. John Hickenlooper, presented his budget proposal for the 2019-20 fiscal year on Nov. 1. It’s standard for a new governor to…
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Hickenlooper’s long-time budget director to leave
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Henry Sobanet, who has led the governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) for the past seven years, will leave at the end of June, according to an announcement Tuesday from Gov. John Hickenlooper. Sobanet has been the go-to person on the state budget for several gubernatorial administrations; he also was the budget director for…
