Author: Kelly Caufield
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Address the roots of Colorado’s affordability woes
Colorado is at a crossroads just in time for today’s opening of the Colorado General Assembly. Individuals and families are not choosing to move here as much as they were. Statewide net migration was 52.5% lower in 2025 than it was in 2015, when Colorado was one of the nation’s most popular destinations for movers — and one of the nation’s fastest-growing…
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PERSPECTIVE: Budgeting for reality
At the dawn of the next Colorado budget cycle, it behooves state legislators to ask: Just what exactly is in store for the Centennial State down the economic road? The answer to that question is the key to funding a realistic budget. Colorado’s economy was growing at one of the nation’s fastest clips in the…
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PERSPECTIVE: Spending more on fewer students
Many Colorado voters will vote on school board candidates this fall. As voters look for resources to understand better the health and wellness of their school district, new data on spending, enrollment and proficiency trends could be a helpful resource. For years, the Common Sense Institute has conducted a comprehensive analysis of district-level spending, revenue, pay and…
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Perspective: Financial fraud’s true cost
Colorado’s financial fraud is getting worse, following a national trend at the worst possible time. The state’s population of fraud-susceptible seniors is growing. Economic headwinds are not as strong as they were. State and local budgets are not as robust as they were. Financial fraud is a full-blown economic crisis in Colorado — one that…
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Perspective: Financial fraud’s true cost
Kelly Caufield. Colorado’s financial fraud is getting worse, following a national trend at the worst possible time. The state’s population of fraud-susceptible seniors is growing. Economic headwinds are not as strong as they were. State and local budgets are not as robust as they were. Financial fraud is a full-blown economic crisis in Colorado —…
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Perspective: Financial fraud’s true cost
Colorado’s financial fraud is getting worse, following a national trend at the worst possible time. The state’s population of fraud-susceptible seniors is growing. Economic headwinds are not as strong as they were. State and local budgets are not as robust as they were. Financial fraud is a full-blown economic crisis in Colorado — one that…
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Perspective: Unsafe schools, absent kids
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s K-12 schools have a behavioral problem. More than just student safety and general decorum are at stake if schools cannot address it. Colorado needs not only to refresh its population growth but make the…
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Perspective: Unsafe schools, absent kids
Colorado’s K-12 schools have a behavioral problem. More than just student safety and general decorum are at stake if schools cannot address it. Colorado needs not only to refresh its population growth but make the most of the population it has. Schools are the incubator for the future workforce in Colorado’s new, highly lucrative knowledge…
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Perspective: Colorado’s population — losing steam
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Like it or not, Colorado’s future as an economic leader will depend on repeating the massive influx of residents that characterized the 2010s. Let’s lay out Colorado’s economic reality. In the late 2000s and early…
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Perspective: Colorado’s population — losing steam
Like it or not, Colorado’s future as an economic leader will depend on repeating the massive influx of residents that characterized the 2010s. Let’s lay out Colorado’s economic reality. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Colorado’s fortunes began to change in earnest. Droves of young workers poured in at the dawn of the tech…