A sudden freeze on federal spending by the Trump administration — set to take effect Tuesday — sent Colorado officials scrambling as they tried to figure out the extent and impact of the decision.…
Now-President Donald Trump dances on stage during a presidential campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora on Oct. 11, 2024. — set to take effect Tuesday — sent Colorado officials scrambling as they tried to figure out the extent and impact of the decision.
Regular funding for Denver Health and federally qualified health centers, which are the safety net health care providers across the state, also appeared to be in jeopardy. A spokeswoman for Denver Health said the agency was still working to understand the impacts Tuesday morning. “What does this mean for Colorado? Funding to our police departments, our rural hospitals, programs for homeless veterans. Nearly 9,000 kids in CO Head Start programs may be locked out,” U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat,
Sen. Jeff Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat and chair of the budget committee, called it a “very early, quickly written memo that has broad and far reaching consequences.” It comes as the state isOf the president’s action, he said: “There certainly were blusterings, and maybe even tweets, but I did not expect it to culminate in a memo like this so quickly, and with a complete and total lack of any kind of notice.
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