Speaker Duran says Colorado legislators have a choice on the budget: “Ideology” or “problem-solving”

Democrats support a proposal to make the hospital provider fee an enterprise fund, but they won't go along with a reduction to the TABOR revenue cap.

Colorado Senate restores funding to Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which tracks drug use and other issues

Right now, the state can use the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey to track how marijuana legalization is changing students' use of the drug.

Faced with a Colorado budget that makes deep cuts to hospitals, some lawmakers are ready for a change

Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg has introduced a bill to do something Democrats have wanted and most Republicans have resisted for several years now.

A competing transportation proposal, a new look at the hospital provider fee and other things to watch in the second half of the Colorado General Assembly

The 2017 legislative session has crossed the halfway mark. The next two months will determine if this session is a success or failure.

“Fix Our Damn Roads” ballot measure would force the state to put money into roads, without the tax increase

The libertarian-leaning Independence Institute is pushing for an alternative to the sales tax increase proposed in the Colorado General Assembly.

Colorado House gives initial approval to a bill that would let the state keep more revenue

Report: EPA preparing for elimination of two regional offices

Even some Republicans are considering changing Colorado’s most famous tax law. Here’s how.

HB 1187 would change how Colorado calculates revenue caps that TABOR imposes on state government and allow it to benefit from economic growth.

Gov. Hickenlooper calls for higher pot taxes, reduction in senior tax exemption to backfill education spending

And we’re back: Republicans speaking Republican, Democrats speaking Democrat — with at least one area of agreement

Nobody likes potholes.

Colorado’s economic forecast looks decent, so the state is already looking for more budget cuts

Colorado’s felony DUI law is increasing the prison population

Denver City Council approves $1.9 billion budget as members urge more active role next year

"What good is a budget if we can’t even pave a block of sidewalk for 40 years?"

Gov. Hickenlooper’s proposed 2017-18 state budget calls for $500 million in cuts

Burned by sweeps controversy, Denver plans more transparency on homeless donation spending

Denver's new proposed budget splits the Homeless Donation Fund in two to keep donor money separate from other sources.

Forecast: Colorado’s 2017-18 state budget could see a $226.5 million shortfall

Six surprising requests in Denver’s public safety budget

Colorado has raised college tuition at one of the fastest rates in the country

Tuition for public colleges in Colorado doubled from 2000 to 2014, increasing by about $7,700.

Jordan Wieleba used her comedy to tell Denver about trans life. Now her community mourns.

“What we are all left with in the wake of losing her is profound awe for a woman who walked so courageously the path she knew she had to walk."

Denver’s 2017 budget calls for 48 new police officers, 30 more permitting staff, an additional road crew and a longer pool season