The federal government shutdown delayed the release of key business and labor data, leaving forecasters in the dark about the ...

Colorado lawmakers are once again preparing for a legislative session that will be clouded by a tight budget environment and ...

Colorado lawmakers face another budget shortfall in the 2026-27 fiscal year, possibly upwards of $850 million. This comes a ...

Members of the legislature's Joint Budget Committee expressed concerns on Thursday about some aspects of the judiciary's ...

That just starts us off even more in a hole,” state Rep. Rick Taggart, a Grand Junction Republican, said of the new forecasts ...

Colorado's U.S. senators are blocking a government spending bill, demanding the Trump administration reverse plans to ...

Colorado lawmakers continue to raise questions about the cost of the state’s wolf reintroduction during the early phases of the annual budgeting process for 2026. On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the Joint Budget ...

The Colorado state budget is starting to take shape as budget writers finalize $1.2 billion in cuts. Those cuts include $1 million to food banks, $72 million to multi-modal projects, and the ...

The $43.9 billion Colorado budget proposal released Monday includes increases for K-12 and higher education operations in 2025-26, but would be far less than what school leaders say they need. The ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday morning called a special session of the Colorado legislature and announced a hiring freeze on state jobs to address a massive budget shortfall. Polis, in ...

Over and over last week, Colorado budget writers kept getting mired in the same debates. Is a $21 million program that allows recent high school graduates to enroll in free college-level classes worth ...

Colorado budget writers voted Wednesday night to introduce a state spending plan that eliminates a number of social programs, dramatically reduces transportation spending and leaves the state’s new ...