August 29, 2025 02:08 PM UTC

Colorado What Happened? - State Budget, Healthcare, AI, Special Session 2025

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• by: ProgressNow Colorado

After a six-day special session of the Colorado legislature called to rebalance Colorado’s budget after the federal “Big Hateful Budget Bill” blew a billion-dollar hole in the state’s finances, you’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.

Join PNC Executive Director Sara Loflin for a discussion on what just happened to Colorado’s budget, healthcare funding, and the controversy over AI with a fantastic group of experts: Joshua Mantell from the Bell Policy Center, Caroline Nutter of the Colorado Fiscal Institute, Isabel Cruz of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, and Nina DiSalvo of Towards Justice.

For more on the tough choices legislators and Gov. Jared Polis had to make this session due to the cuts in the federal budget bill, read more from the Bell Policy Center.

Many thanks to our panel of experts for helping sort out what happened in the special session and what comes next.