By Brian Eason | The Colorado Sun
Nearly 24,000 Coloradans are set to disappear from the state’s population this year — at least as far as the state budget is concerned.
It’s no mere illusion.
The vanishing act will have real consequences for public services, to the tune of $77 million in required cuts, if lawmakers don’t take action to prevent it.
The issue dates all the way back to when the legislature first implemented the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in 1993, the year after voters added it to the state constitution.