Tag: State Budget
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Perspective: Government unions squeeze Colorado’s budget
Colorado lawmakers are facing impossible choices this budget season. Fund education or health care? Invest in infrastructure or public safety? But there’s a budget-buster legislators rarely mention by name — government union contracts. Since Gov. Jared Polis signed collective bargaining into law for state employees in 2020, personnel costs have exploded. Next year’s union-negotiated raises…
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Gov. Jared Polis’ budget proposal faces backlash over Medicaid and Pinnacol deal
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Gov. Jared Polis’ proposed state budget for 2026-27 drew sharp criticism Wednesday from the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, as lawmakers from both parties criticized plans to slow Medicaid spending growth and rely on a deal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance to generate revenue. Pinnacol, a quasi-state agency, is the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance.…
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Colorado’s fiscal future continues to be clouded by tariffs, revenue drops and recession fears
State economists on Monday presented continuing data that shows a weakened economic outlook for Colorado and continued risks for a near-term recession. The Joint Budget Committee, comprised of six lawmakers from the General Assembly who annually craft the state budget, saw at least some encouraging signs. The committee’s four Democrats lauded last month’s special session,…
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Colorado General Assembly is back in session today | Here are 5 things you need to know
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado General Assembly will kick off its 2025 session today. Here are five things you need to know. Ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. The House and Senate will convene at 10 a.m. The lawmakers will be sworn in by the chief justice of the…
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Colorado General Assembly to tackle union law, crime, gaming amid vacancies in 2025 session
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fresh from an election, the Colorado General Assembly will kick off its session on Jan. 8, when lawmakers will begin to tackle major fights in 2025, notably over union laws and criminal policy. In addition, lawmakers will need to figure out a way to govern…
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No-bid contracts to campaign contributors, top-dollar PR firms among ‘custodial funds’ spending in Colorado
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold sent $2.8 million in federal emergency COVID-19 mitigation funds — almost half of the CARES Act cash allocated to her office — to a politically well-connected, Washington D.C.-based public relations and lobbying firm to produce a set of TV ads to educate Colorado voters about the 2020 election procedures.…