This Week at the JBC

Real-time updates on the CO budget curated by a policy expert. This Week at the JBC is a newsletter produced by Summit Policy Works, available by subscription.

[This Week at the JBC @thisweekatjbc]

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[Colorado JBC @CO_JBC]

The start time for the JBC Meeting tomorrow (Friday, 11-21-25) has changed to 9:00am. The Human Services Briefing will be from 9:00am-11:00am, and the Treasury Hearing will be from 11:00am-12:00pm.

[Colorado JBC @CO_JBC]

The JBC will meet at 9:00am today in LSB-B. Governor Polis’ Presentation Regarding the FY 2026-27 Budget Requests will begin at 9:30am. The JBC will meet at 1:30pm in the JBC Hearing Room. Full schedule: https://t.co/wbir74LlKp audio can be streamed here: https://t.co/3NAGUScnve

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

The forecast presentation has just begun: https://t.co/QbAQeTIWsa #coleg #copolitics

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

Audio issues delaying the @CO_JBC from hearing the September forecast presentations. Moving to LSB-A, and audio will stream at this link: https://t.co/0WBjr3NLed #coleg #copolitics

[Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ @JesseAPaul]

NEW: Colorado governor will cut spending on Medicaid, higher education and grants to plug $750M hole in state budget https://t.co/uv1Qi32wqk #copolitics #coleg

[John Frank @ByJohnFrank]

JUST IN: Colorado lawmakers are exploring roughly $300 million in new taxes and $300 million in spending cuts to state services. Go deeper: https://t.co/PWWoLABgmu
#COpolitics #COleg #COgov

[Colorado Politics @colo_politics]

Colorado legislators get bleak news on state's budget situation https://t.co/Rdu5QwvnPo

[Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ @JesseAPaul]

NEW: Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill https://t.co/JrjCopLp4X #copolitics #coleg

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

June 2025 Forecast Update with Impacts of H.R. 1 https://t.co/Jxtag7Bsxg and slides https://t.co/L0UqY8UZHx #coleg #copolitics

[Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ @JesseAPaul]

Colorado just faced a tough budget year. It’s forecast to get much worse. https://t.co/5UReQN4Cjm #copolitics #coleg

[John Frank @ByJohnFrank]

NEW: 6 numbers to know about Colorado's wobbly fiscal outlook https://t.co/BtbLDhzYvO #COpolitics #COleg #COgov

[Colorado Politics @colo_politics]

Colorado lawmakers warn financial woes are just beginning as Gov Jared Polis signs $44 billion budget https://t.co/w9ErtbcNt1

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

LCS is presenting its March 2025 Economic and Revenue Forecast at 1:30 p.m. today. We will not be live-tweeting.

Forecast: https://t.co/XkV7iG69ry
Presentation Slides:
https://t.co/pRXeCvas8B
Listen in here:
https://t.co/KsMTuZzKDs

#coleg #copolitics

[Colorado Sun Politics @PoliticsSun]

2025 will be the year of the budget cut at the Colorado Capitol https://t.co/cD1mW7wU04 #copolitics

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

LCS takes no position on the Governor's budget request. Under the December forecast, we estimate that the FY 2025-26 budget is balanced under the request, with an outstanding excess reserve of about $98M. #coleg #copolitics

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

FY 2024-25 ends on June 30, 2025. We still project that the FY 2024-25 reserve will fall short of the reserve requirement by $194M assuming current law, but the projected deficit is $177M smaller than we estimated in September. #coleg #copolitics

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

Revisions to the cash fund revenue outlook are a big part of the budget outlook. Downgrades to the cash fund forecast mean more available General Fund budget space due to TABOR interactions. #coleg #copolitics

[Legislative Council Staff @ColoradoLCS]

We project that the General Fund will have $1.16 billion more available in FY 2025-26 than was appropriated in FY 2024-25. But that amount omits inflationary pressures, caseload pressures, capital construction, rolloffs of federal funds, and other cost drivers #coleg #copolitics

[Colorado JBC @CO_JBC]

The Joint Budget Committee will meet today at 9:00am. Their full schedule is available here: https://t.co/yBXAryYVt0 . Audio can be streamed here: https://t.co/JAD37jAsAB

[Colorado JBC @CO_JBC]

The Joint Budget Committee will meet today at 10:30am. Their full schedule is available here: https://t.co/q1XeHPfEdH audio can be streamed here: https://t.co/JAD37jzUL3