Tag: state budget

Just after she was elected the first female Democratic Speaker of the House, Boulder Rep. Dicky Lee Hullinghorst was tasked with replacing two of the most...

BACK in 2011, responding to a request from state lawmakers, economists looked into Colorado's fiscal future.  What they saw has been haunting those with...

Notes from the 98th day of the 2014 legislative session.

When you hear people talk about Colorado’s proposed 2014-15 state budget, some like to use the word "spree.” It’s hardly a spree. The largest single percentage increase would go to the state's statutory reserve fund.

Notes from the 87th day of the 2014 legislative session.

Notes from the 85th day of the 2014 legislative session.

Notes from the 80th day of the 2014 legislative session

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper Friday called Tom Tancredo “pretty much a lifetime politician.” That’s about as spicy as it got when the Democratic nominee for governor spent 20 minutes on the phone with the Colorado Independent.

Here are some of the day's news items that caught our attention: • Colorado government will grind to a virtual halt the day after Labor...