The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: A Champion for Consumers is Under Attack

Despite the CFPB's critical achievements, the agency's protections are being rolled back, its employees are being fired, and its ongoing enforcement actions are being halted by the current administration.

Growing Wealth Inequality in Colorado

Growing Wealth Inequality in Colorado

By many measures, the Colorado economy has been growing with low unemployment rates, steady job creation, and rising incomes. But...

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Decoding Federal Funding Streams in Colorado

The Colorado state government receives a significant amount of federal money. The proposed federal budget cuts of up to $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years would inevitably have massive impacts in our state.

In The Know: 2025 State Budget

Colorado lawmakers are making some very difficult choices this budget cycle, and some of the toughest will come in the next week as they work to close a $1.2 billion funding gap.

Federal Education Funding Potentially at Risk in Colorado

As President Donald Trump dismantles the U.S. Department of Education, questions are arising about what that means for Colorado school districts, which collectively received nearly $1.2 billion in federal funding in the 2023-24 federal fiscal year.

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Colorado Housing Primer 2025

Read our update to our popular housing primer — a work that breaks down the lack of affordable housing and looks closely at who that affects most.

Op-Ed: Tightening the budget will have real-life dire consequences for Coloradans

Part of our work here at the Bell includes pushing back on narratives that are misleading or inaccurate. That's exactly what we did when we penned this op-ed taking The Denver Post to task for saying that closing looming $750 million state budget deficit was a simple exercise in trimming budgetary fat, or could be accomplished by fixing some rounding errors. Please. We've spent a lot of time looking at these issues and solutions will be neither easy or harmless.

The text reads "2025 Legislative Session Preview" alongside a snowy scene of a grand government building with a dome and snow-laden trees, setting the stage for insights into the upcoming 2025 legislation.

2025 Legislative Session Preview

The 2025 legislative session could be a bumpy ride, driven by scarcity and the need to make substantial cuts to the Colorado state budget for 2025-26.

In The Know: Earned Wage Access Loans Are a New Twist on an Old Idea

Colorado’s financial progress is being jeopardized by new, unregulated high-cost loans, where individuals get short-term, small-dollar advances, borrowing against their future paycheck and leading to cycles of debt.

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Proposition 123 and Jefferson County

In 2022, Colorado voters passed Proposition 123, dedicating approximately $300 million annually from the state’s TABOR surplus to support several programs to address housing affordability. Learn more.

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