Colorado lawmakers finalize state budget proposal. Here’s what they cut.

Colorado budget writers voted Wednesday night to introduce a state spending plan that eliminates a number of social programs, dramatically reduces transportation spending and leaves the state’s new K-12 funding formula in jeopardy in order to close a $1.2 billion shortfall. The Joint Budget Committee also cut into the operations of state agencies, while shifting […]

How Medicaid became such a drag on Colorado’s state budget

Colorado lawmakers are facing their second budget cycle in a row in which they’re forecast to have about $1 billion less than they need to continue current levels of state programs and services.  And the legislature was recently warned that they face a third billion-dollar shortfall in 2027 if nothing changes. The primary culprit? Medicaid, […]