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 ...
Colorado budget writers approve changes to free school lunches, food banks, and multi-modal projects
The Colorado state budget is starting to take shape as budget writers finalize $1.2 billion in cuts. Those cuts include $1 ...
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Colorado recipients and providers brace for Medicaid cuts
Thornton resident Curtis Wolff credits Medicaid for his ability to work, exercise and keep a social life. Zoom in: Every day, ...
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Federal Medicaid cuts would put Colorado in a “huge vise” says treasurer Dave Young
About 1.2 million people, a fifth of the state’s population, depend on the program, which Young said accounts for about a ...
Colorado leaders discuss how people could be impacted if changes come to Medicaid
Treasurers from several states, including Colorado, held a conference on Wednesday to discuss how people could be impacted if ...
What was saved and what was sacrificed as Colorado budget writers cut $1.2 billion
After months of crunching numbers and making cuts, Colorado state lawmakers have a balanced budget.
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Western Slope lawmakers push to salvage millions of dollars in funding for Colorado’s rural health clinics
With Colorado lawmakers staring down steep budget cuts in their 2025-26 spending plan, a bipartisan group of legislators is ...
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Colorado groups call on U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans to oppose Medicaid cuts
Cutting health programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest is unexpected, unacceptable and egregious,” said Adam Fox, ...
‘A birth is more expensive than an abortion’: CO Dems argue fiscal virtues of liberal health care bill
Colorado lawmakers defended an abortion-related bill by highlighting the apparent cost-effectiveness of abortion procedures ...
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Deep Medicaid/SNAP cuts would cost Colorado’s economy 14,000 jobs next year, according to new report
Colorado could lose thousands of jobs and see a more than $1 billion hit to the economy if Republicans pass cuts to anti-poverty spending through the public health program Medicaid and the ...
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Purplish: Colorado's budget hits crunch time with ‘painful’ cuts
State lawmakers had to find more than $1 billion in savings in order to balance the state budget this session.