Tag: Joint Budget Committee
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Backlog of people waiting for treatment at Colorado’s mental hospital could lead to more death: Report
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More criminal defendants with untreated psychosis languishing in Colorado jails will maim and kill themselves if the state doesn’t reduce a growing backlog of nearly 350 people waiting for treatment at the state’s primary mental hospital, court-ordered monitoring reports predict. And court documents and budget…
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Balancing Colorado’s budget means juggling optimism, reality
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s state budget is slated to be introduced on Monday, three days ahead of deadline. What a difference a year makes. The spending plan, which insiders call the Long Appropriations Bill, will look dramatically different…
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Colorado Dems propose raising local property taxes to more equitably fund schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Property owners in some Colorado school districts would see gradual tax increases over the next two decades, ultimately generating hundreds of millions more each year for K-12 education, under a bill backed by Democrats in the state legislature. The bill is an effort to correct…
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Report: Nearly 40% of Colorado’s educators may leave the profession this year
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Colorado I-70 construction problems lead to extra $100 million to $150 million cost
The massive Interstate 70 construction project in central Denver is not only going to take almost a year longer than planned to complete, the state highway agency has now indicated that it’s also going to end up costing between $100 million and $150 million more than the originally planned $1.2 billion price tag. Taxpayers are…