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

[ad_1] 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 […]

Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls

[ad_1] House Republicans hunting for ways to pay for President Trump’s tax cuts have called for cutting the federal government’s share of Medicaid spending, including a proposal that would effectively gut the Affordable Care Act’s 2014 expansion of the program. Cutting Medicaid spending, which is expected to be central to fulfilling the budget plan that […]

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

[ad_1] 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? […]