Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices as state faces $170 million budget shortfall
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Between March 15 and March 21, the six members of the Joint Budget Committee — the group of lawmakers in charge of drafting Colorado’s spending plan — found themselves with a problem. With just over a week before the introduction of the state’s 2024-25 budget, new revenue forecasts showed they had a hole to plug, with estimates ranging from $160 million to $225 million, depending on which forecast was used.
Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices as state faces $170 million budget shortfall
Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices…
Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices as state faces $170 million budget shortfall
Between March 15 and March 21, the six members of the Joint Budget Committee — the group of lawmakers in charge of drafting Colorado’s spending plan — found themselves with a problem. With just over a week before the introduction of the state’s 2024-25 budget, new revenue forecasts showed they had a hole to plug, with estimates ranging from $160 million to $225 million, depending on which forecast was used.