Tag: 2026 27 Budget
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CU Regents approve 2026-27 budget, denounce student comments on Boulder attack anniversary
The University of Colorado system’s Board of Regents approved its $6.84 billion budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year and denounced recent student comments on last year’s firebombing in Boulder during its regular meeting on Thursday. An increase from last year’s $6.7 billion budget, total allocations include $369.9 million for the Colorado Springs campus, $2.54 billion…
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Colorado budget plan seeks to keep $306 million by canceling TABOR refunds
Tucked deep within the hundreds of pages of the proposed $46.8 billion 2026–27 state budget is a line item showing $306.1 million in savings — achieved by canceling Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds. Gov. Jared Polis has recommended withholding TABOR refunds in both 2026–27 and 2027–28. His budget proposal says the state accidentally overpaid $306.1…
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Colorado legislators propose $46.8 billion budget, driven by Medicaid costs
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The six-member panel of legislators in charge of crafting the state budget has now turned over its plan to the Colorado legislature, proposing to spend $1.5 billion more for the Medicaid program. The increase is driven by Medicaid costs, which forced the Joint Budget Committee to make cuts elsewhere. All told, House Bill 26-1410 proposes…
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Colorado legislators consider $500 million in general fund cuts amid $1.5 billion deficit
The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee is working through a list Wednesday of about 150 suggestions to cut as much as $1.5 billion in general fund dollars out of next year’s budget. The largest on the list prepared by JBC staff is $198 million in cuts to the funding for the annual senior and disabled veterans…