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State Budget
Colorado Budget: How Did We Get Here?

Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee is proposing an FY2026-27 budget that incorporates half a billion dollars worth of cuts to address a $1.5 billion budget shortage.

April 07, 2026 DJ Summers
Energy & Our Environment
Public Access and Private Property: The Economics of Colorado River Access

This report will examine the legal framework surrounding the issue of what constitutes private property, to provide context for the ongoing debate. First, it will attempt to inform the entire discussion by

Jobs & Our Economy
Oregon Jobs and Labor Force Update - January 2025

Oregon's labor market closed out 2025 with an average of 9,000 fewer jobs than the prior year, as weakness spread across most industries and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level outside a rece

April 01, 2026 Serra KirschMark McMullen
Jobs & Our Economy
A New Household Liquidity Measure – Is Debt Eating Arizona More Than Other States?

On January 8th, WalletHub released its most recent estimate of average credit scores across the states. In every state, the average credit score dropped compared to the prior year as households, some of the