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
On opening day of Colorado Legislature, some Republicans refuse to approve election results
Two Colorado Springs representatives led effort, echoing movement that began in 2020
DATE: Jan 9, 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
Colorado marijuana sales – and tax dollars – are still falling
Sales peaked in the 2020-21 budget year, netting $424 million in taxes for the state
DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Democrats lose Colorado House supermajority – pending recounts
Final results are pending a recount in House Districts 16 and 19
DATE: Nov 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Proposition KK: What voters should know about Colorado’s proposed excise tax on guns, ammunition
Referred to the ballot by the state legislature, Colorado’s Proposition KK would impose a new 6.5% excise tax on guns and ammunition to fund support services for crime victims and other programs
DATE: Nov 2, 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
Amendment G: Should more disabled veterans qualify for Colorado’s homestead property tax break?
Measure would offer the state’s homestead property tax exemption to more veterans with disabilities
DATE: Oct 14, 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
