PERA's latest annual report shows that stabilizing its finances has come at a massive cost. Total annual contributions have increased 43% while active membership has grown less than 1%.

While Colorado ranks lower on state and local government employment as a percentage of population and debt service as a share of tax revenue, it ranks in the top 10 of state and local government spending as

Colorado Budget Then and Now illuminates the changes in Colorado state budget appropriations over the last twenty years.

This study is a snapshot of expenditure and how it has changed in El Paso County, Colorado.