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State Issues
Colorado Wasteful Spending (FY 2024-25)
Department of Corrections: $ 7,995,411 Increase 28.3 FTE
● Transgender Unit and Healthcare
- $2,677,911 to create two transgender living units totaling 148 beds.
- $5,317,500 for “gender-confirming surgical care.
●Clinical Staff Incentives
- $6,312,464 General Fund to provide incentive payments for certain DOC clinical staff up to $25,000.
- The bill includes an increase of $6,312,464 General Fund to provide incentive payments for certain DOC clinical staff up to $25,000.
●HB 24-1389 School Funding 2023-24 for New Arrival Students (immigrants): $24,000,000
- The bill provides $24,000,000 to be distributed to school districts and charter schools for new arrival students. It increases state expenditures and school district funding in the current FY 2023-24 only.
● Office of New Americans Expansion (immigrants): $119,029 General Fund and 1.5 FTE
- $119,029 General Fund and 1.5 FTE for an administrator to manage ONA grants, coordinate with other entities, and identify opportunities for new migrant career pathway enhancement and a full-time program assistant to support the ONA Director.
-This office has had difficulty expending grants.
●SB 24-182 Immigrant Identification Document Issuance: $ 122,855
- The bill changes certain requirements for the issuance of driver licenses or state identification cards to individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States. The bill increases state expenditures for FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 only.
●HB 24-1280 Welcome, Reception, Integration, Grant Program:
$ 2,436,862
- The bill creates the Statewide Welcome, Reception, and Integration Grant Program to provide assistance to migrants. It transfers funds in FY 2024-25 only.
●Immigrant Legal Defense Fund: $ 350,000
- Long Bill budget amendment
- A doubling of the fund for FY 2024-25 making a total budget of $700,000. This funding is used for public defense for people facing immigration legal issues. Sponsored by Rep. Mabrey and Sen. Gonzalez.
●Office of Health Equity and Environmental Justice: $ 2,840,715
- Funding for the Office
- Mission: Build partnerships to mobilize community power and transform systems to advance health equity and environmental justice.
- What this office does to advance their mission:
1. Build relationships with communities and across sectors to address root causes of health disparities.
2. Use equity in decision-making and partner with all sectors of government to embed health and equity considerations into their decision-making process.
3. Use data to support the narrative of the social determinants of health and tell the story of what creates health.
4. De-center communications from the English language or any one dominant language, and prioritize language justice when engaging with communities.
5. Develop, implement, and provide guidance on health equity training, practice, and policies within CDPHE and across the state of Colorado.
6. Focus on upstream determinants of health, guided by the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative.
●HB 24-1197 Department of Public Safety Supplemental: $ 9,800,000
- Funding for Community-based organizations providing service for migrants.
- Funds to provide grants to community-based organizations providing services to people migrating to Colorado.
●Department of Education: $ 56,100,000
- Expanding Healthy Meals for All Program.
- Adds $56.1 million total funds for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, including $40.6 million from the Healthy School Meals for All Program General Fund Exempt Account and $15.5 million from the General Fund. This includes an increase of $56.0 million for meal reimbursements and $100,000 for consulting resources.
●HB 21-1318 Department of Public Health & Environment: $ 198,192
- Outdoor Equity Program
- This bill injected identity politics into access to the outdoors.
●Department of Public Health & Environment: $2,840,715 total funds and 8.3 FTE
- Creating the Office of Health Equity and Environmental Justice by combining two offices.
- The bill includes an increase of $2,840,715 total funds and 8.3 FTE, including a reduction of $11,349 General Fund, to join the Environmental Justice Program with the Office of Health Equity to form the Office of Health Equity and Environmental Justice (OHEEJ) for the purpose of centralizing environmental justice staff. OHEEJ is responsible for ongoing environmental justice work, including administration of environmental health mitigation grants through the Community Impact Cash Fund.
●Department of Revenue: $714,515 total funds and 8.3 FTE
- GENTAX & DRIVES SUPPORT FUNDING: The bill includes an increase of $714,515 total funds and 8.3 FTE, comprised of $442,906 General Fund and $271,609 cash funds from the Colorado DRIVES Vehicle Services. Account, in FY 2024-25. Funds will address the backlog of upgrades and system enhancements to the DRIVES and GenTax systems stemming from legislative, user experience, and system operational demands.
Colorado voters have a clear choice on Election Day!
by Fite4Truth
Colorado voters face a straightforward decision this November. Democrats seeking re-election or higher office are not running on their record. They are running away from it. Their standard approach relies on scare tactics, selective half-truths, and the claim that national figures are responsible for conditions that developed under long-term Democratic control of state government. The alternative is to reject the policies that produced those conditions and the arguments used to defend them.
Democrats have held dominant power in Colorado for more than two decades. The results are not theoretical. They appear in national rankings that place the state near the top in categories most residents would prefer to avoid.
Crime Rankings Under Long Democratic Control
The numbers are specific:
• #1 Nationwide in Auto Theft
• #2 Nationwide as the most Dangerous State
• #3 Nationwide in Fentanyl Overdoses (was #2, yet still too high at #3)
• #4 Nationwide in Rape
• #4 Nationwide in Property Crime
• #8 Nationwide in Violent Crime Rates
• #10 Nationally in Homelessness
These standings did not appear overnight, and they did not appear under divided government. Residents experience the practical effects every day. Car thefts disrupt work and raise insurance costs. Property crime hits businesses and neighborhoods that once felt secure. Violent crime and overdose deaths affect families across the state, not only in a few urban pockets. Homelessness has become more visible along highways, in parks, and near schools. Democratic majorities in the legislature and the governor’s office have set the policies on policing, sentencing, drug enforcement, and housing. The rankings reflect those choices.
Sanctuary Policies and Their Consequences
Democratic leaders have also turned Colorado into a sanctuary for illegal immigration. State laws and local practices limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The result has been an influx that strains local resources while contributing to higher rates of certain crimes. Auto theft rings and drug distribution networks have drawn from this population in documented cases. Voters who raise concerns about public safety are told the problem is exaggerated or that enforcement itself is the greater threat. The data on theft, overdoses, and violent crime suggest otherwise.
Abortion and Sentencing Policies
Democratic majorities have passed legislation that allows abortion up to nine months. The measure removes earlier limits and treats late-term procedures as a matter of unrestricted choice. At the same time, sentencing practices have produced a different outcome for serious offenders. More than 70 percent of those convicted of child rape receive probation rather than prison time. Parents who expect the justice system to prioritize the protection of children encounter a different priority in practice.
These two policies sit alongside the crime rankings. One expands legal protection for procedures most voters oppose in the later stages of pregnancy. The other reduces consequences for crimes against children. Neither reflects a consensus among Colorado residents. Both were advanced by the same party that now asks for another term in office.
The Choice in Front of Voters
The Democratic argument asks voters to ignore the record and focus on warnings about what Republicans might do. The record itself is not in dispute on the rankings or on the major legislation. Twenty years of one-party control produced first-place auto theft, top-tier rankings in rape and property crime, elevated overdose deaths, and policies that treat late-term abortion as unrestricted and child rape as frequently eligible for probation.
Voters who want different outcomes have a direct means of producing them. Returning the state to greater safety and basic protections, especially for children, requires removing the party that set the current course. The choice is between continuing the policies that produced the rankings and the legislation or rejecting them.
