Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut
Trims would enable state to absorb rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year
DATE: Mar 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Brian Eason
Position: The Colorado Sun
Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts
Committee has been working to cut $1.2 billion from next year’s spending plan
DATE: Mar 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity
The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in use by any public pension in the U.S.
DATE: Nov 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Amendment H: Creating a new board to investigate and discipline judges in Colorado
Proposal comes amid an alleged cover-up scandal
DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Donald Trump, exaggerating about crime, visits Aurora
Former president used Colorado as a prop to attack Democrats on immigration
DATE: Oct 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Amendment K: Colorado election officials would have more time to prepare ballots
Constitutional amendment, referred to voters by the state legislature, would move up a number of election deadlines so county clerks have an extra week to get ballots ready to send to voters
DATE: Sep 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado governor signs special session property tax bill; conservatives remove measures from November ballot
The bipartisan measure, House Bill 1001, cuts property taxes modestly for residents and some businesses and puts limits on how fast they can grow in the future
DATE: Sep 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado’s special session on property taxes may be a bumpy ride
It’s increasingly uncertain if a deal to cut taxes and prevent a pair of November ballot measures will survive
DATE: Aug 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado, U.S. Department of Justice sue RealPage over alleged price-fixing scheme to drive up rent
The federal lawsuit says RealPage controls as much as 80% of the national market for landlord revenue management software, giving it outsize power to “subvert competition” and distort the free market to the detriment of renters
DATE: Aug 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado governor calls special session on property taxes
Term will start Aug. 26 and last at least three days in order to send bill to governor’s desk
DATE: Aug 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado’s $40.6B budget is nearing final passage. Here’s what’s in it
Spending plan invests heavily in state workers, health care services, K-12 and higher education
DATE: Apr 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado Democrats say property tax relief is coming
But there’s no money in the state budget to pay for it
DATE: Apr 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
