Tag: Budget Cuts
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Denver budget woes spotlight shift in Johnston’s homelessness campaign
The city’s budget woes have triggered shifts in the future of Mayor Mike Johnston’s campaign to eliminate homelessness in Denver. After a week-long series of budget hearings, city officials now have a clearer picture of how Denver plans to address its $200 million budget deficit, with department heads outlining how they intend to cut spending,…
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Rocky Mountain National Park defies predictions after NPS staff cuts
At the height of the busy season at Rocky Mountain National Park, the town at its foot, Estes Park, crawled with visitors one Wednesday in the middle of summer. The parking lot of the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center was almost full, the bathrooms were clean and park staff assisted visitors with a map and a…
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Facing $200 million budget shortfall, Denver announces furloughs, hiring freeze, cuts
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facing hundreds of millions of dollars in deficit over the next two years, Denver plans to tighten its belt — beginning today — with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston telling residents and city staffers to brace for budget cuts, furloughs, layoffs and hiring freezes. The city…
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Mayor postpones measure on executive pay raises until fall
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has postponed until fall a measure that would have raised the salaries of a dozen top executives. The proposed adjustments would have raised the salaries of 12 agency directors by nearly 44% on July 1, totaling nearly $500,000 in additional expenditures,…
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114 people laid off from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden
The layoffs come as part of the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the Department of Energy budget
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Denver City Council to consider $42.2 million in budget cuts to fund immigrants
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council will consider roughly $42.2 million in budget cuts and reallocations as part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s plan to fund his immigrant sheltering program. Because the two measures are bills, the council has to “see” them twice before voting, and Monday’s meeting…
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Denver shares “Newcomer Playbook,” offering advice on handling immigration crisis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Even as Denver cuts its budget and diverts funds in order to pay for its response to the immigration crisis that some say is self-inflicted, Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration released a “playbook” that contains the “best practices and procedures for cities to welcome newcomers arriving…
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Denver councilmembers defend budget cuts, as city struggles to find money for immigration crisis
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Denver’s councilmembers on Monday defended about $42 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at cobbling together enough funds to pay for the thousands of immigrants who arrived in — or yet to come to — the city after illegally crossing the southern border. During the hearing, one councilmember blasted the “national media” for allegedly reporting that the…
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Denver reduces DMV, other services, as mayor paints grim financial picture driven by immigrant crisis
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Friday said the city will be scaling back Department of Motor Vehicle and Parks and Recreation services to cut costs in the wake of the $42 million crisis sparked by the unprecedented influx of immigrants arriving in Denver over the…
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Colorado highway commission looks to slash projects amid millions in lost revenue
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thursday was state highway director Shoshana Lew’s birthday, but a committee that oversees her agency’s budget had no good surprises — only “hard choices and tough decisions.” “The bottom line is not pretty,” Lew told the Colorado Transportation Commission’s budget committee Thursday morning. The entire state…