September 2025: Assessing the Special Session and Impact of Federal Budget Cuts

A week after the 2025 special legislative session ended, CHI looked at what lawmakers accomplished — the issues they solved, the choices they delayed, and the additional federal budget cuts they will face next year. Our panelists included veterans of the Great Recession: Michael Beasley, President of 5280 Strategies; Bernie Buescher, former Colorado Secretary of State; Claire Levy, Boulder County Commissioner; and Henry Sobanet, former Director of the Office of State Planning and Budgeting