Colorado’s budget hole is now $1.2 billion, as Medicaid costs continue to climb
Colorado’s looming budget shortfall just keeps getting worse.
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System update-related delays to tax return processing near end, Department of Revenue says
The Colorado Department of Revenue announced that it will soon begin processing state income tax returns following weeks of delays. While no specific date was given, the department said it should be accepting returns some time this week.
Proposals forbid Colorado governments from banning gas or propane-fired appliances
A group that secured a major property tax deal with legislators last year is behind ballot measures to prohibit state and local governments from banning the use of gas or propane-fired equipment and appliances, such as stoves and heaters.
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Colorado will continue closing coal-fueled electric plants in 2025, all by 2031
Colorado is slowly phasing out the last of its coal-fueled electrical power plants, even though they still generated a third of the state’s total in-state energy generation in 2023.
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State’s failure to pass through federal funds to firefighting agencies is putting SW Colorado operations at risk
Emergency responders and firefighting agencies in Southwest Colorado are sounding the alarm and calling for immediate resolution to unpaid invoices going back, in some cases, to July 2024, because of, some say, utter incompetence by the State of Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control’s (DFPC) billing processing office.
Second Colorado marijuana recall in January hits nearly 60 dispensaries
The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division has issued a health and safety notice over mold and yeast concerns for marijuana grown by Medpharm Holdings, LLC, which does business as cultivator Bud & Mary’s.
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Coloradans must opt in for TABOR refunds when filing taxes
Monday marked the first day the IRS could start accepting and processing your tax return.
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Colorado’s unemployment rate rises to 4.4%, the highest in three years
Colorado’s unemployment rate rose to 4.4% last month, up one-tenth of a percentage point and the highest in three years. At the same time, there are fewer job openings and fewer people filing to start a new business.
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Missy Woods, former CBI forensic scientist, booked into jail on 102 felony charges
Former top Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist, Yvonne “Missy” Woods, turned herself into Jefferson County authorities on Wednesday and was booked into jail on a 102-count felony indictment, according to county sources and court documents.
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State grappling with funding insurance enterprise into the future, and solution could be premium fee hike
A Colorado enterprise that offers free health insurance to undocumented immigrants and helps fund the state’s reinsurance program is likely to be short of revenue by 2027, spurring consideration of options that include raising fees on statewide health insurance policies.