Category: State Budget & Taxes

Understand how Colorado’s state budget and tax policies impact communities, businesses, and working families.

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Five Key Insights from the Governor’s 2025-26 State Budget Proposal

November 12, 2024

Governor Jared Polis has unveiled his budget strategy for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which begins on July 1. This proposal is…

CFI’s Gambit: A Recap of the 2024 Colorado Legislative Session

May 10, 2024

The Second Regular Session for the Seventy-Fourth General Assembly was like a game of chess, except with higher stakes. We…

6 Takeaways from the 2024-2025 Long Bill

April 29, 2024

The "Long Bill" outlines the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. With the budget for 2024-2025 nearly signed into…

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April 22, 2024

Past success in increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit has made our tax code more equitable. That means working Coloradans…

Esther Turcios on Confronting the Racist Roots of Tax Policy

April 15, 2024

I learned three lessons about taxes while growing up: 1) They take a chunk out of your paycheck, even when…

Take Action Today: Put Families and Workers First this Legislative Session

April 5, 2024

Take Action with CFI Today! Your representatives need to hear from you right now to urge them to prioritize workers…

graph of tabor surplus dollars to each income group

2024 TABOR Surplus Dollars: Why they should target low- and middle-income families

April 4, 2024

This brief looks at the distributional impacts of returning TABOR surplus revenue through five methods and which method would be…

Colorado Families: Take These Three Bills to the Bank

March 28, 2024

By Caroline Nutter, Legislative Coordinator

Earned Income Tax Credit: Money Back for Working Families

January 25, 2024

Friday January 26, 2024 is EITC Awareness Day. Each year, CFI collaborates with partners, legislators, and supporters in the effort…

Why Tax Cuts Won’t Cut It In Colorado

January 18, 2024

New year, new legislative session — same old blind spots about income taxes. We shared our thoughts with CO Politics…

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