(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently signed an executive order extending budget cuts to address an $800 million gap in Colorado’s funding.

This comes after federal spending cuts passed earlier this year.

“These are challenging times that force difficult financial decisions to maintain a balanced budget,” wrote Mark Ferrandino, director of the Colorado Office of State Planning and Budgeting, in a letter to the Joint Budget Committee. “It is imperative to act quickly to reduce spending.”

The executive order signed by Polis extended two others from earlier this year that suspended certain spending to address what the state has labeled an “unexpected and unnecessary shortfall” due to One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Congress passed July 1.

Because of the act's

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