Mounting pressure between Summit County commissioners and the sheriff has erupted over the 2026 county budget.

The Colorado Joint Budget Committee on Thursday approved two emergency requests — including up to $10 million to support food ...

There has been contention over how the money would be spent since shortly after the city started collecting the money in April.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday presented his initial budget plans for the next fiscal year, including recommendations to curb growth in state Medicaid spending. The budget proposal includes about ...

According to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), long-term care for older Coloradans and those with disabilities is driving the increase in costs. HCPF says it makes up ...

The Colorado Springs City Council laid out plans to cover a swath of needs for the police department, fire department and ...

With 600,000 Coloradans losing benefits, one analyst describes the state aid as ‘trying to plow a field with a fork.' ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis warned Friday that Medicaid costs would consume most of the state budget in coming years if work isn’t done now to reign in its spending.

Gov. Jared Polis’ 2026-27 budget proposal unveiled Friday would increase statewide K-12 education spending by $276 million and fulfill funding promises made by lawmakers during this year’s legislative ...

Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s ...

The measure’s passage means the state no longer has limits on the money it collects and spends for the Healthy School Meals ...

A new budget proposal from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis would slow the rate of state Medicaid spending, including limiting certain services, while continuing to make good on his and the legislature’s ...