Weekly briefs
One short report a week on what changed in the public record, and where each figure came from. Every brief stays up, at the address it was published at.
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Week of Sep 10, 2026
The country's jobs figure reached August. Colorado's stopped at May.
The national unemployment rate now runs to August. Colorado's own runs to May
The legislature recorded no votes in the week to 10 September
Three corrections in two days, and all three were fixes that had stopped at one page
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Week of Sep 3, 2026
Half of Colorado’s property tax goes to school districts
Every property tax dollar levied in Colorado, split five ways
A month of the state prison record left its window, and this site no longer carries it
House prices were restated, and Colorado’s rise since 2019 is the smaller one
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Week of Aug 27, 2026
Colorado’s pension gap moved two ways at once
A new pension valuation moved two measures of one gap in opposite directions
What a household pays — rent, child care, tuition, the minimum wage — is now published
The legislature recorded no votes in the week this brief covers
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Week of Aug 20, 2026
Colorado prices every bill, and most prices never change
The state estimates what a bill will cost before it votes on it
Most of those estimates never change
The legislature cut the reserve it requires itself to hold
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Week of Aug 13, 2026
Colorado counts its crimes twice, and gets two answers
Two state agencies count the same crimes and report different totals
The tax Colorado calls flat changed rate in each of the last two years
One records request to the state is still unanswered