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The coronavirus is projected to deliver as much as a $6.8 billion hit to the state budget in the next three years, according to a new economic forecast released Tuesday, an alarming figure that...
DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Two weeks after she tested positive for COVID-19, Brandi Axelsen is still waiting for her symptoms to subside so she can return to work. The licensed psychiatric technician works for the state of...
DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
In a late-night executive order, Gov. Jared Polis declared Colorado does not have the money “to carry on the functions of the state government” amid the coronavirus and immediately slashed $229...
DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Anna Layden makes $57,000 a year as an educator in Durango and owes the same amount in student debt after putting herself through college and graduate school. To pay it down, she applied for a...
DATE: April 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the $30 billion-plus state budget begins to take shape this week as lawmakers consider massive spending cuts. How much tax revenue Colorado will lose to...
DATE: April 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
In a ruling that upends the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Colorado, a Denver judge ruled Tuesday that a little-known candidate be placed on the June ballot despite only collecting half the...
DATE: April 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The General Assembly tentatively plans to resume the legislative session May 18 after a two-month hiatus amid the coronavirus. The Democratic leadership set the date during a meeting Wednesday at...
DATE: April 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Gov. Jared Polis announced he is extending Colorado’s statewide stay-at-home order until at least April 26 in an unprecedented televised speech to the entire state Monday night during which he...
DATE: April 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The coronavirus pandemic is making it harder for candidates and initiatives to qualify for the ballot in Colorado, and leading to concerns about disenfranchisement. The governor’s stay-at-home and...
DATE: April 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The economic decline resulting from the coronavirus pandemic is projected to put a significant hole in the state budget, a new reality that forces Colorado lawmakers to rethink the entire $32...
DATE: March 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
In an unprecedented move, the Colorado General Assembly temporarily adjourned in the middle of its lawmaking session Saturday to encourage social distancing and help prevent the spread of the new...
DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
In the clearest sign yet that the Colorado legislature is nearing a temporary shutdown in response to the new coronavirus, top lawmakers on Thursday rushed toward votes on legislation they say must...
DATE: March 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News