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Guest opinion: ‘Fiscal tailgating’ behind Colorado’s budget woes

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Headlines from the state Capitol might cause a reader to believe Colorado is in a deep recession. Legislators say they must cut more than $1 billion in spending to balance the 2025-26 budget. Still, the state government has $687 million more to spend than last year in a $19 billion budget. So why all the histrionics about a budget “crisis”? Because Colorado lawmakers practice “fiscal tailgating.” Tailgating on the highway is dangerous because …

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Guest opinion: ‘Fiscal tailgating’ behind Colorado’s budget woes

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Colorado Public Radio

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Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut to close $1.2B gap — and what they didn’t

The cuts will enable the state to absorb the rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year. But they didn’t eliminate the state’s structural deficit, which will require ongoing cuts for years to come.

4 days ago

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Denver Post

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The Cañon City Daily Record

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Colorado budget proposal averts severe Medicaid, education cuts; transportation among areas trimmed

Colorado budget writers have finalized the state government’s proposed spending plan — and they’ve done so without long-feared draconian cuts to Medicaid and education. The powerful Joint Budget Committee, which wrapped its work Wednesday night, started the process last fall with a $1.2 billion spending hole it needed to fill. State spending, driven primarily by mandatory Medicaid costs for the lowest-income Coloradans, had been outpacing caps s…

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Denver Gazette

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‘Fiscal tailgating’ caused Colorado’s budget woes

Headlines from the State Capitol might cause a reader to believe Colorado is in a deep recession. Legislators say they must cut more than $1 billion in spending to balance the 2025-26 budget.

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Mark Hillman’s Capitol Review - Colorado’s budget troubles caused by fiscal tailgating

Mark Hillman’s Capitol Review - Colorado’s budget troubles caused by fiscal tailgating kcpnews2 Sat, 03/29/2025 - 05:00 Image Headlines from the State Capitol might cause a reader to believe Colorado is in a deep recession. Legislators say they must cut more than $1 billion in spending to balance the 2025-26 budget.Still, state government has $687 million more to spend than last year in a $19 billion budget. So why all the histrionics about …

4 days ago

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