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.
Colorado towns are in the dark about whether ICE will reopen private prisons in their communities
Some local government leaders are optimistic, some skeptical about possibility of incarcerating immigrants.
Colorado gave records to ICE four times since February in response to subpoenas, including once by mistake
Colorado law prohibits state and local entities from giving personal information to federal immigration agents unless it’s being sought as part of a criminal investigation.
Judge blocks Colorado governor from ordering certain state workers to hand over employment info to ICE
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