Mara Ellison
Anchor · RVLUM Evening
Mara reports on how Colorado agencies spend money and whether the results match the promise. She files public records requests in every county she covers.
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- The special session ended. Almost nothing is law yet.
Lawmakers agreed on new assessment rates but adjourned without settling how to backfill school districts. Two bills passed; the money question did not.
- Millions for wildfire mitigation went unspent. We asked every county why.
Records from 41 counties show wildfire mitigation grant money returned or delayed. Staffing, not willingness, was the most common reason given.
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The Front Range water deal, explained
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Why wildfire grant money went unspent
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What a special session actually does