Category: State Budget & Taxes

Gov. Jared Polis released his recommendations for Colorado’s 2026-27 state budget on Oct. 31, outlining another difficult year ahead for…

Gov. Jared Polis released his proposed 2026-27 state budget today, outlining spending priorities for the year ahead amid ongoing fiscal…

Colorado’s 2025 Election Explained (Using Meatloaf) Voting on fiscal policy can be tricky in Colorado. You see complicated, accountant-approved sentences…

Report released by The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, with analysis from the Colorado Fiscal Institute, urges leaders to put women…

Colorado legislators wrapped up a special legislative session this August with a clear focus: protecting the state budget from deepening…

Juneteenth and Justice: The Legacy of Racist Tax Policy On June 19, 1865—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation—enslaved…

For the first time ever, the Colorado Fiscal Institute is spotlighting six fiscal champions from the 2025 legislative session. This…

A fiscal tornado hit in 2025, spinning our state into a legislative whirlwind. With a broken budget system and looming…

You’ve heard that Colorado doesn’t have enough money, but did you know that this year, we also have too much…

We’ve Been Talking About the Structural Deficit for Years At the Colorado Fiscal Institute, we’ve been talking about the structural…