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Sen. Dominick Moreno of Commerce City addresses a May 24 press conference in which leaders announced how the state will spend $3.8 billion in federal stimulus dollars from the American Rescue Plan.
A pedestrian passes a mural in Denver’s RiNo district on Friday, April 23, 2021.
Colorado will spend nearly $4 billion from the latest federal COVID relief package to shore up the state budget, invest in mental and behavioral health, affordable housing, workforce development, and recovery and relief programs that Gov. Jared Polis says will “help Coloradans in need.”
Polis joined state lawmakers and Democratic members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol to unveil the package of ideas on Monday.
But despite the broad outline of policy goals, some of the details are still months away.
Compared to the other statewide elected officials governor, secretary of state and attorney general and the University of Colorado at-large regent — the number of times state Treasurer Dave