The state owes Colorado residents $67 million in tax refunds that should have been paid out years earlier, a costly mistake lawmakers are now working to fix, having discovered the problem after the governor has already signed the next fiscal year’s spending plan. Lawmakers said they only learned about the problem a few days ago and they’re frustrated with the state controller, who made the error, and other officials who didn’t raise the issue as they were crafting the state budget. The legislators are now exploring two solutions, one of which effectively rolls the dice with the hope that some of the spending would come in below budget, freeing up some money to pay for the costly mistake. More on this story at the link in the @co_gazette bio