Budget

City budget staff told Boulder City Council at a study session last week they expect a $6.5 million shortfall in 2027. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr discuss this story with Axios Boulder reporter Mitchell Byars and then read the entire article at the link below.

At Colorado SunFest 2026, the nonpartisan Colorado Polling Institute shared key insights from their latest survey of likely voters.

The Joint Budget Committee — the six-member, bipartisan panel that drafts the budget — tweaked the spending package after debate in the full legislature earlier in the month.

Students, caregivers, immigrants, rural communities and parents will all feel the impact of Colorado’s $1.5 billion shortfall.

Since 2019, Democrats have passed bills imposing new fees to pay for everything from transportation projects to waste diversion initiatives. Last year, some members of the party started saying “no more.”

State Rep. Brandi Bradley of Littleton forced the reading of the 661-page bill in protest of the House’s handling of an ethics complaint she filed against a fellow GOP state representative. She hoped to bring awareness and change to the ethics process.

Republican Rep. Brandi Bradley of Littleton called for the entire 650+ page budget bill to be read aloud, a roughly 15-hour ordeal that halted proceedings in the House this week.

Millions rely on this help to pay their bills during extreme cold and heat surges

The Joint Budget Committee rejected Gov. Jared Polis’ plan for the state to buy a prison and operate it itself.

Medicaid took the brunt of the final reductions, include a reimbursement rate cut for providers and a cap on Cover All Coloradans, which provides health care to immigrants who are children or pregnant.