Colorado lawmakers empower the governor to make $300M in budget cuts

Colorado is facing a budget shortfall estimated at $750 million, and Gov. Jared Polis is the one holding the axe.

State of play: Rather than chopping themselves, state lawmakers are deferring to the Democratic governor to find roughly $300 million in cuts to help close the budget gap.

Top Democratic lawmakers say the current special legislative session is too frantic to make spending changes and prefer a deliberative process.