Schools, roads and PERA get a boost from the $28.9 billion state budget Gov. Hickenlooper signed today

The budget covers the 2018-19 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Colorado’s $28.9 billion state budget passes conference

A six-member conference committee rejected more than a dozen changes adopted by the two chambers.

Colorado Senate approves $28.9 billion state budget

Lawmakers approved millions of dollars in new spending on a variety of pet projects and boosted funding to rural broadband, affordable housing and school security.

Colorado House sends $29 billion budget bill to Senate

The focus will be on how much transportation — long an underfunded priority — should receive.

Here’s how Colorado schools would spend an extra $100 million from the state

Legislators on the Joint Budget Committee unanimously decided this week to set aside $100 million to “buy down” the budget stabilization factor.

What Colorado’s booming economy might mean for the state education budget

Gov. John Hickenlooper wants to put an extra $200 million into education next year and another $100 million in the 2019-20 fiscal year.

National parks, including Rocky Mountain, to get $50 million grant from feds and private partners

Colorado will try to figure out if government programs are actually working with a big grant and a new research lab

Gov. John Hickenlooper said the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab will provide "blunt assessments based on facts, not politics."

Gov. Hickenlooper signs $26.8 billion budget into law

The governor praised the efforts of a Legislature that is split along party lines to eliminate a projected $700 million deficit and deliver a balanced budget that is required by law.

Denver’s Westwood neighborhood gets $3 million toward park rebuild and outdoor programs for kids

Unusual approach could yield a new bike lane on Tejon Street in Athmar Park

Instead of giving the grant to a nonprofit, Kaiser Permanente is giving money directly to the Athmar Park Neighborhood Association.

Proposed budget will hit Colorado’s rural hospitals the hardest

The Joint Budget Committee had little option but to cut the amount the state's hospitals receive under a federal matching grant program that supports their operations.

Gov. Hickenlooper: Colorado faces nearly $700M budget deficit

Lawmakers use the quarterly forecast to help craft a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Urban Peak Denver will fortify training programs for young homeless people with a grant from Bank of America

The nonprofit Urban Peak on Monday accepted a grant of $200,000 from Bank of America's Neighborhood Builder program.

Colorado might not collect enough money to cover the budget this year and probably will need to issue TABOR refunds next year

The governor's budget office predicts we'll be off by a little bit. The legislative economists think we'll be off by a bit more.