A senior budget advisor to Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper said his “door is open” to any suggestions to help improve Colorado’s cash-strapped budget.
Archive | Budget
Budget Adviser Saliman: ‘My Door Is Open’
Posted on 07 January 2011.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Incoming Budget Director: ‘Reckoning Day Has Arrived’
Posted on 07 January 2011.
Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper’s budget director told a group of Republican lawmakers on Thursday that identifying efficiencies alone would not close the state’s anticipated $1.1 billion budget shortfall, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Another Tough Budget Year, Another State Fiscal Emergency
Posted on 14 December 2010.
The potential benefits of declaring a state fiscal emergency were laid on the table last week as state lawmakers learned what their options are for crafting a workable balanced budget for 2011-12.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Budget Travails Trip Up State’s Civil-Rights Watchdog
Posted on 10 December 2010.
The state’s Civil Rights Division “may be in jeopardy” due to funding woes, a top official told a legislative panel Wednesday.
Posted in Budget, Executive, Featured Stories, LegislativeComments Off
Employers Could Pay Price For Borrowing As Debt Mounts
Posted on 06 December 2010.
As economic activity has failed to significantly pick up during 2010, Colorado is among numerous states borrowing from the federal government to cover deficits in its unemployment insurance fund.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Colleges Make Annual Pitches To Joint Budget Committee
Posted on 01 December 2010.
College presidents were eager to tout their completion rates, growing enrollments of first-generation and minority students, increased cooperation with neighboring colleges and school districts, growing use of online instruction and their big economic impacts on their regions and the state.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Joint Budget Committee Tackles Budget
Posted on 22 November 2010.
The Joint Budget Committee, with four new members, has begun the process of working on the 2011-12 budget with briefings from its staff on 11 state agencies and a meeting with Gov. Bill Ritter on his proposal for the next fiscal year, The Colorado Statesman reports.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
State Union Proposes Vet Health Care, Road Maintenance Cuts
Posted on 11 November 2010.
The state should consider ending services like health care for veterans and road maintenance to help balance the budget, according to the union that represents state employees.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Ritter Presents Budget To JBC, Encourages Keeping ‘Open Mind’
Posted on 10 November 2010.
A term-limited Gov. Bill Ritter on Wednesday presented his final budget to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, encouraging committee members to approach this coming budget cycle “with an open mind.”
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
State Employees’ Benefits: Skimpy or Too Generous?
Posted on 10 November 2010.
An independent audit presented today to a legislative panel shows that Colorado still trails other states in state-government employee benefits, but some lawmakers cried foul in light of benefits in the private sector that they say lag even further behind the state’s offerings.
Posted in Budget, Featured StoriesComments Off
Follow Us!
