Colorado Fiscal Institute

06/01/2026

🚂🌲🏔️ What kind of Colorado do you want to see in 2076?

Last year, the Colorado Fiscal Institute and Reimagine Colorado traveled across the state, inviting Coloradans to imagine a future worth working toward. People shared visions of affordable high-speed rail, thriving communities, protected access to the outdoors, and a future where technology serves the public good.

Now, Vision 2076 is entering its next phase.

Together, we're launching a new online platform where anyone in Colorado can share their vision for the future, explore ideas from people across the state, and help shape a conversation about where we're headed together.

No matter your age, background, language, or ZIP code, your voice belongs in this conversation.

Take a few minutes to add your vision and see what others are imagining for Colorado's future.

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Colorado is deciding its future. Add your voice to a statewide conversation about the next fifty years — it takes five minutes.

05/26/2026

Join us for Drinks & Dialogue on Monday, June 8 for a conversation on TABOR and the proposed Graduated Income Tax ballot initiative. We’ll hear from Caitlin Schneider of the Colorado Fiscal Institute and discuss how this proposal could impact Colorado. Registration is free, and advance registration is appreciated so organizers can plan for food and drinks.

Register here:
https://lwvbc.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=629866&item_id=2949110

You can also find the link in our bio.

05/20/2026

We had a blast at the legislative wrap-up last night, where we were honored to receive the Mountain Mover Award. 🏔️🏆

We’re proud to stand with so many advocates working to move Colorado forward for women and families.

Also, not to brag, but the award looks pretty great in our office. 💜

05/13/2026

This past weekend, Paid Leave for All hosted a film preview in Denver with Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen and partners from across the paid leave movement. 🎬

The event celebrated Colorado becoming the first state in the nation to adopt a generous NICU benefit, making sure parents can be with their newborns during some of the most stressful and uncertain moments a family can face.

Rep. Pettersen is now working to bring that same protection to more families by adding NICU leave to federal unpaid FMLA protections.

It was a meaningful way to mark Mother’s Day weekend and celebrate the advocates, lawmakers, and community leaders fighting for working families. 💜

05/08/2026

Medicaid cuts hurt people. They hurt families, clinics, and entire communities.

This week, Coloradans made that message impossible to ignore.

Some shared their stories in conference rooms with a U.S. senator. Others stood in the cold rain outside clinics that could be forced to scale back or close.

The Week of Action may be ending, but this fight is far from over.

We’ll keep speaking out until every Coloradan can get the care they need.

05/07/2026

RSVP at coloradofiscal.org/events 🥂

05/07/2026

Right now, over HALF of all ACA enrollees are skipping meals and cutting back to afford care. 1 in 10 have dropped coverage entirely.

All because the GOP-led tax bill made the biggest healthcare cut in history.
🚨Speak out against the :

Healthcare is in a moment of crisis, with Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums skyrocketing, employer-sponsored insurance costs climbing fast, and Medicaid facing deep, escalating cuts. The GOP-led tax bill made healthcare cuts that will devastate working families, small businesses, and Americans of a...

05/06/2026

Working families show up every day.

But Colorado’s tax code still favors those at the top.

A Graduated Income Tax makes things fair:
• 97% pay the same or less
• the 3% making $500k+ contribute a little more
• We invest in schools, healthcare & child care for all

It’s time for a system that works for all of us.

💥 Help us put the GIT on the ballot.

05/05/2026

🚨 Stop Taking Our Health Care Rally Today – Westminster, CO

Worried about your health care?
Or furious watching Congress take a chainsaw to it while costs keep climbing?

Yeah. Us too.

That’s why we’re showing up for the “Stop Taking Our Health Care” rally during —because people are losing coverage, premiums are rising, and the people making the decisions aren’t the ones paying the price.

📍 Clinica Family Health
8510 N Bryant St, Westminster
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Pull up. Bring a friend. Bring your frustration.
Let’s make it loud enough that lawmakers can’t ignore it:

Join us as we speak out against rising health care costs and demand that Congress cut costs, not care. Together we can raise awareness about Medicaid cuts, rising premiums, and the growing affordability crisis. Clinica Family Health (on the old St Anthony’s North campus), 8510 N Bryant in Westmins...