The spending reductions primarily hit health care, higher education and state grant programs…
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Colorado Lawmakers Wrap Up Special Session
In total, the bills passed will generate about $350 million this fiscal year. The state will dip into its reserves to make up the remainder of the deficit…
Colorado Legislature Approves Sale of Tax Credits in Special Session
“It could possibly help fill the gap this year, but it causes problems in the out year,” said Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican…
Colorado Special Session Sends First Set of Bills to Governor
Four of five revenue-raising bills clear Legislature as lawmakers continue work…
Colorado Legislature Passes Bill to Fund Reimbursements for Planned Parenthood
“Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is an essential, irreplaceable piece of Colorado’s primary and reproductive health care system…”
Colorado Legislature Gives Initial Approval to Several Bills As Special Session Begins
Colorado is legally required to have a balanced state budget, so lawmakers must figure out a way to get back to a balanced bottom line…
Colorado General Assembly Opens Its Special Session
The session — the third special session called in as many years — will likely last until early next week as legislators find solutions to plug a budget hole…
OPINION: ‘Up-Is-Down’ Perspective on Colorado Budget Crisis
Rarely is the path from point A to point B so clear as with the journey the Colorado state budget took from ‘balanced’ to ‘unbalanced’…
‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ Will Benefit Colorado’s Largest Corporations
As Colorado loses more than $1 billion in revenue, the state’s largest corporations stand to gain the most…
Democratic Lawmakers Prep Coloradans Ahead of Special Legislative Session
“I’m usually very bipartisan, but it’s very irritating being called profligate when we had a balanced budget…”
OPINION: Jeff Hurd Owes His Constituents an Apology
Hurd insists he believes climate change is real. But this just makes his approach all the more hypocritical…
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Allow ‘Emergency’ Redistricting in Colorado
Two Coloradans want the governor to have emergency authority to alter Colorado’s districts to restore partisan balance in Congress…
Update on the 2025 Colorado Fire Season
Drought conditions classified as “severe” or “extreme” extend across the majority of the Western Slope, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor…
EU’s New AI Code of Practice Could Set Regulatory Standards for U.S. Companies
This story by Paige Gross appeared on Colorado Newsline on August 9, 2025. Paige Gross is a Philadelphia-based reporter covering the evolving technology industry for States Newsroom. American companies are split between support and criticism of a new voluntary European AI code of practice, meant to help tech companies align themselves with upcoming regulations from READ MORE
Republicans Propose Big Cuts to Renewable Energy Research Funding
National research laboratories would be gutted under budgets proposed by President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans…
Western Slope Counties Protest Colorado’s ‘Unfunded Mandates’
“These unfunded mandates, issued without the financial support required to implement them, place an unsustainable burden on local governments…”
Ten New Colorado Laws That Will Take Effect This Week
Colorado lawmakers passed stronger voter protections this year in anticipation of federal rollbacks of the Voting Rights Act of 1965…
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Plans to Close Its Doors
The announcement came just one day after a major Senate appropriations bill omitted funding for the nonprofit that funds public media…
Colorado State Budget Facing $1 Billion Shortfall
“This is different than, we’re just slowing our growth,” Ferrandino said. “This is, we don’t have the money to pay our bills…”