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Colorado is facing a multi-million-dollar budget deficit. The state's fiscal year is ending in a potential $164 million hole. And according to the Joint Budget Committee, that is likely to get worse, even if the state taps into rainy-day funding to offset some of the losses. The Colorado Sun Politics Reporter Brian Eason joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the story.

Colorado is in dire need of public defenders, Colorado needs three times as many public defenders as it has now, according to research backed by the American Bar Association. The state needs to triple its number of court-retained defense attorneys to keep up with demand while upholding workload standards. Reporter Michael Booth with The Colorado Sun joined us to talk about the study and what it means for Colorado.

The budget for K-12 education in Colorado is set to expand considerably for the upcoming school year. ChalkBeat Colorado's Higher Education and Legislative Matters Reporter Jason Gonzales joined KUNC to make sense of the school budget plan.

The bill signing ceremony in the governor’s mansion Monday evening marked a major turning point for the state. Less than two years ago, Polis was signing what he called the most difficult budget in state history. It included more than $3 billion in cuts, with public schools losing more than $500 million.

Forty-two states are not prepared for a pandemic-induced recession. That’s the finding of a recent analysis from Moody’s Analytics. In the Mountain West...

The Colorado Capitol looked and sounded very different on Tuesday as state lawmakers returned for the first time in more than two months.From difficulties…

Colorado House Speaker KC Becker took to Twitter on Monday to vent about the grim task she and other state lawmakers will face next month when they return…

Gov. Jared Polis has unveiled a budget proposal for 2020-21 that would expand the capacity at some state parks and boost spending on school safety in the…

Colorado House leaders have announced a deal to spend $300 million for transportation in the state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.Democratic…

Colorado's Senate has approved a draft $30.5 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.The Senate voted 29-6 on Thursday to send the…