Ahead of Special Session, Pressing Lawmakers on How They Plan to Address the State's $1B Budget Gap

Colorado special session 2025: Updates from the Capitol

Colorado state senators listen as Colorado Senate President James Coleman, a Denver Democrat, delivers opening remarks on the first day of the 2025 session of the Colorado Legislature on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Colorado Capitol. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)The Colorado Legislature is meeting in a special session to address a nearly $800 million hole in the state budget. Work began on Thursday morning and is expected to last through the weeken…

Budget-fixing proposals and AI bills get early votes as lawmakers drop bid to pause wolf reintroduction

The Colorado legislature gaveled in Thursday for its latest special session to address a yawning budget gap caused by Trump's tax bill.

Special session starts with competing proposals to fix budget shortfall, censure resolution

The Colorado legislature gaveled in Thursday for its latest special session — this one to address a yawning budget gap caused by changes to the federal tax code passed by Congress and President Donald Trump. At the outset, the session is expected to last five days or so. This story will be updated throughout the day. 1:51 p.m. update: Democratic lawmakers are preparing a resolution to censure a Republican legislator for his role in taking and sh…

Ahead of special session, pressing lawmakers on how they plan to address the state's $1B budget gap

DENVER In nearly 12 hours, state lawmakers will convene at the Colorado Capitol for a special legislative session.Governor Jared Polis called the session in order to address the state's $1.2 billion budget hole.Polis blames the budget deficit on the tax changes made in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Act (H.R.1). According to the governor and fellow Colorado Democrats, Colorado is set to collect less revenue than expected when lawmake…

Colorado special session bills: What you need to know

Colorado legislators have begun proposing bills for Thursday's special session, when they will need to figure out how to plug a nearly $800 million budget shortfall.