Denver City Council has a lot on its wish list for next year

It's a rare occasion where the full elected body spends hours talking about what's really important to them, and how they want the city to spend billions.

Denver’s mini-governments are set for another year of banner growth

The city's fifteen "improvement districts" plan to spend almost $19 million in 2018, an increase of about 20 percent compared to last year.

Denver has $4 million to help you fix your sidewalks — or else

In Denver, property owners are legally responsible for fixing up the walkways along their lots. You might not know that, since the law is very rarely enforced.

Denver’s affordable housing plans draw fire as council approves $2 billion budget

Concerns and criticisms about the early execution of Denver’s major new affordable housing effort led to several votes against Mayor Hancock's proposed budget.

Gov. Hickenlooper’s 2018-19 budget proposes to save money for the next recession, shore up pensions

"If we're not saving money, the next downturn is going to be all that much worse," said Henry Sobanet, the governor's budget director.

George Lopez tells Trump jokes at Denver diabetes gala, upsetting crowd and internet

The Children's Diabetes Foundation's Carousel Ball in Denver this year raised about $1.65 million and produced another scrap of meat for culture warriors.

Why the Colorado General Assembly’s special session looks like a bust

There's still a live bill in the Democratic-controlled House and an opportunity for this all to turn out differently, but it's not a bet I would take.

Denver’s proposed 2018 budget: What’s in it for you?

Your Denver Public Library fines don’t go to the library

Denver Public Library fines go to Denver's general fund, which pays for a range of basic city services.

Low unemployment is hurting the economy and 4 other takeaways from Colorado’s most recent forecast

"It is absolutely essential that we get back up to our reserve level ahead of the next recession," the governor's budget director told lawmakers Tuesday.

Trump’s budget will leave Denver poorer, sicker, more polluted, City Council says

Denver City Council unanimously adopted a resolution asking Colorado's congressional delegation to oppose Trump's budget.

Colorado still needs money for transportation, disappointed Democratic lawmakers say

The 2017 session of the Colorado General Assembly ended without action on a top priority of Gov. John Hickenlooper and many lawmakers.

Here’s what Colorado lawmakers’ grand bargain on hospitals, roads, pot taxes and more would do

Most called it a compromise, one lawmaker called it a casserole -- and it's on its way the governor's desk, by a 49-16 vote in the House.

Colorado lawmakers’ grand compromise to save hospitals just might make it to the finish line

Sen. Lucia Guzman called it the most important bill of this session. Sen. Kevin Lundberg called it "one of the worst pieces of legislation I've seen."

Colorado’s 2017-18 budget has been reconciled, but there’s a few things left to do

Colorado House approves last pieces of 2017-18 budget in a vote that leaves one lawmaker in tears

When time came to record the vote on the provider fee budget-balancing bill, something rather odd happened.

Sales tax or mortgaging state buildings? Colorado legislators search for transportation funding

“Yes for today:” Wary support moves bill that would reshape the Colorado budget toward its next big fight

The Senate Finance Committee signed off on a bill that would reclassify the hospital provider fee, but members barely touched on the most contentious part.

Colorado lawmakers playing chicken on bill to fund Colorado hospitals

A bill that would restore funding for hospitals in exchange for cuts to future budgets is "dead" if Democrats balk at those cuts, the bill's Republican author said.

Survey: Even Republican voters support changing the hospital provider fee – once they understand it