Budget cuts in Colorado went into effect Monday after a special session to address a $750 million hole in the state budget.

Because President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, or H.R. 1, rewrote the federal tax code to extend and expand income tax breaks, Colorado’s tax code was also impacted, as Colorado is a “rolling conformity” state, meaning the state automatically adopts federal tax policy.

To address this, a special legislative session was held from Aug. 21-28. Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill reversing state plans to increase reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers, slashing higher education spending and grants, letting the state sell tax credits to raise money to offset the deficit, implementing some tax increases, and changing around 20 budget line items in total.

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