Colorado governor expected to sign $46.8 billion budget

(The Center Square) - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is expected to sign the state’s $46.8 billion budget for 2026-27. The bill ...
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Colorado budget heads to governor with deep Medicaid cuts

Colorado's legislature has approved a $46.8 billion budget that includes significant Medicaid cuts to address a $1.5 billion shortfall, with Governor Jared Polis expected to sign it soon. The ...
KUNC

Colorado legislature sends $48.6B state budget to governor’s desk after final round of tweaks

The Joint Budget Committee — the six-member, bipartisan panel that drafts the budget — tweaked the spending package after ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

State Medicaid cuts pose concerns for locals with disabilities

Under Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), state taxes cannot be increased without explicit voter approval, and the ...
SummitDaily.com

Colorado lawmakers limit health care enrollment for immigrant children, but raise cap on dental benefits as budget talks conclude

After weeks of wrestling with how to rein in spending on a program providing health coverage to immigrants, Colorado ...
The Aspen Times

‘No magic bullet:’ Colorado officials seek ways to curb rising Medicaid costs

Colorado’s spending on Medicaid — the federal-state program that covers more than 1 in 5 low-income Coloradans — is reaching a point of unsustainability, state officials say. Cuts to the program may ...
Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Medicaid and SNAP are set for an overhaul. Colorado counties and lawmakers are wondering how to respond.

With major changes coming to the country’s social safety net system, Colorado counties are bracing for heavier caseloads and ...
The Aspen Times

The cost of a Colorado program providing health care to undocumented immigrants ballooned. Now, lawmakers are eyeing cuts

When Colorado lawmakers passed a bill in 2022 to grant Medicaid coverage to pregnant immigrant women and children, regardless of their immigration status, they did so under the assumption that it ...