After Dire Budget Warnings, State Agencies Handed Out Double Digit Raises

DENVER (CBS4) – A CBS4 investigation learned an array of state agencies handed out generous pay raises and hired six-figure workers weeks, sometimes months, after state budget analysts issued dire warnings about a dramatic downturn for the state’s budget due to the coronavirus pandemic. It came after hundreds of thousands of Coloradans lost their jobs and after financial markets took some of the largest financial dives in history.
Kim Bimestefer, executive director of Colorado’