Dylan Roberts: A difficult, responsible state budget

Dylan Roberts: A difficult, responsible state budget

Colorado is constitutionally required to pass a balanced annual state budget. Each year, the legislature has to make decisions on how to allocate limited resources to our state programs and obligations: about two-thirds of the general fund each year is allocated to K-12 education and Medicaid and the other third is split among transportation, prisons, public health and a multitude of other state agencies, programs and services for Coloradans.  T…