Author: Carrie Geitner
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GUEST COLUMN: Our Democrat-led legislature ignores fiscal reality
News reports on recent testimony before the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee revealed how Colorado’s expenditure of billions in one-time federal funds has directly contributed to today’s state budget shortfall. According to the JBC, a series of decisions made since 2021 has steadily built a structural deficit that is now coming due. One-time federal funds were…