Liberal groups want to change Colorado’s income tax structure. Can they get their proposal before voters?
The plan would increase income taxes on people earning at least $506,000 in annual taxable income to raise more than $2 billion each year for things like health care, education and public safety. People earning less would get a tax cut.
The special session change to Colorado’s tax code that will most affect small businesses
Colorado’s so-called sales tax vendor fee is being shut off next year to generate about $57 million in new tax revenue each year.
Budget balanced (for now), AI decisions punted, relationships ruptured: What went down during special session
In a tense and, at times, dramatic special session, lawmakers pushed through bills to tackle a billion-dollar budget hole, SNAP cuts, and more.
Colorado governor cuts spending on Medicaid, higher education and grants to plug $750M hole in state budget
During the special session, the legislature passed a bill ceding the responsibility of cutting the budget to the governor’s office.
What the Colorado legislature did during its special session to tackle a $750M budget hole
Democrats at the Capitol also pushed back the start date of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI law, shored up subsidies on health insurance and tweaked a pair of measures on the November ballot.
Colorado lawmakers abandon special session effort to tweak AI law, will push back start date to June 2026
The move came after a deal among consumer advocates, the tech industry and others on how to move forward on the measure fell apart.
Democrats are finalizing deal on tweaks to Colorado’s first-in-the-nation law regulating AI after days of stalled bills
If the agreement holds, it would end nearly two years of negotiations on how to try to prevent AI from harming people when they do things like apply for jobs, seek out loans and pursue a college degree.
Western Slope lawmakers ditch plan to pause wolf reintroduction, but reach deal with governor to redirect some funding
Senate Bill 5 would move about $250,000 in funding earmarked for wolf reintroduction into a fund aimed at driving down health care costs. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will have to find the funding elsewhere to continue its reintroduction plans — which doesn’t appear to be a problem for the agency.
Taxes, AI and health care: Everything you need to know about Colorado’s special legislative session
Chief among lawmakers’ tasks is plugging a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget caused by the Republican federal tax and spending bill. But there’s plenty more on the docket.
Western Slope lawmakers want to pause wolf reintroduction, redirect funding amid Colorado’s $1 billion budget hole
The savings would be relatively meager — wolf reintroduction cost Colorado taxpayers $3.5 million last year — but the Democrat leading the measure says it’s about priorities as the legislature contends with a steep drop in state tax revenue.
Crude Signal chats, social media attacks, mistreated aides: lawmaker conduct is back in the headlines
Incidents keep happening at the statehouse that show lawmakers still have a ways to go in their quest to set a healthy workplace culture.
Frequently asked questions — and misunderstandings — about Colorado’s special session to close a nearly $1B budget hole
There’s a lot of confusion out there about why the hole exists, how the state budget works and what’s going to be done to address the gap.
Colorado tax revenue was especially susceptible to changes in the “big, beautiful bill.” Here’s why
The Colorado legislature is convening for a special lawmaking term to plug a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget stemming from tax revenue reductions caused by the Republican federal tax and spending bill.
Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill
Presentations about the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill to the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council on Wednesday was a precursor to a special lawmaking term expected to be called by Polis for the coming weeks.
Democratic state senator who resigned amid ethics investigation now faces felony criminal charge in Denver
The Denver District Attorney’s Office filed the charge against Sonya Jaquez Lewis on July 6, according to court records
Colorado’s property insurer of last resort is now covering more than two dozen families
The Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan, or FAIR Plan, began accepting applications from residential property owners on April 10.
