Gov. Jared Polis’ new Colorado dashboard shows how much federal money President Trump has cut

Colorado has lost nearly million in federal funding and has another million at menace according to a new community dashboard launched by Gov Jared Polis office on Tuesday As state officers challenge specific of the cuts by President Donald Trump s administration Polis created the dashboard to highlight the governor s push for Coloradans to get a fair share of the federal taxes they pay according to a news release Polis cited a review by the Rockefeller Institute of Leadership showing that for every Colorado pays in federal taxes the state receives only cents back in federal stake not including COVID-related spending Colorado has also successfully defended another million that the federal regime sought to cancel suspend or otherwise delay according to the dashboard The state information does not include proposed changes under the federal budget bill that is sitting in the Senate The Trump-backed tax-and-spending bill has already passed the House The Trump administration is trying to rip away local and state funding that supports cybersecurity and society safety helps Coloradans access or charge low-cost electric vehicles helps people access food and more Polis declared in a report This is federal funding that has already been allocated to states by Congress and now the administration is working to take it away he continued We are doing everything in our power to protect this funding for Coloradans and local governments including pursuing legal action when necessary He added that the dashboard will help increase transparency and accountability The Trump administration has worked to cut and reshape federal spending regardless of whether Congress approved it or not Colorado and Denver faced cuts and freezes to spending for electric automobile charging and clean water projects grants for population physical condition and promised money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help house transients among other items Related Articles Senate Republicans seek tougher Medicaid cuts and lower SALT deduction in Trump s big bill hours of violence and fear as gunman stalks Minnesota politicians RFK Jr s firing of little-known committee members could mean families can t afford vaccines Israel says it killed a top Iranian general as Trump warns people to flee Iranian capital Jury finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defamation orders him to pay M in damages The dashboard also breaks down cuts and attempted cuts by county and congressional district It shows the rd and th congressional districts as facing the biggest enacted and proposed cuts at million and million respectively Those districts are represented by Republican U S Reps Jeff Hurd and Lauren Boebert The dashboard is not comprehensive however It does not include freezes or cuts to institutions of higher development local agencies nonprofits or other public partners according to Polis office Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter The Spot