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Colorado Legislature 2018: Shortfalls in a time of plenty
When lawmakers drive to Denver next week to convene the 2018 legislative session, they will see about a dozen cranes across the city’s skyline,...
Governor signs omnibus rural Colorado bill
Gov. John Hickenlooper this morning signed into law a bill that is expected to help save up to a dozen rural hospitals and provide...
Governor considers special session on roads, broadband
Two of the biggest state issues that weren’t settled in the 2017 legislative session may get one more shot this year.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said...
Bill to save rural hospitals on its way to the governor
With the 11-hour passage today—the final day of the state’s 2017 General Assembly—of a sweeping and hard-fought-for bill to spare rural hospitals from decimating...
Bill to save rural hospitals survives Republican headwinds, up for final...
The sweeping omnibus bill to save rural hospitals, provide a one-time funding boost to rural schools and a tax break for small business is...
Lawmakers reach high-stakes deal to save rural hospitals
Two House lawmakers and two Senate leaders have reached bipartisan agreement on a high-stakes and hard-fought state finance deal that fell apart as many...
Lawmakers pull provider fee bill back from the brink, negotiations continue
The state Capitol erupted this morning in dueling press conferences as lawmakers worked to salvage a deal that would convert the state’s hospital provider...
Provider fee deal falling apart, rural schools say “leave us out.”
State lawmakers were within handshake's reach of a long sought-after bill that would free up millions of dollars to save hospitals, help rural schools and...
Colorado House to AG Coffman: no extra money for you this...
UPDATE Friday, Feb. 17: the House did not vote this morning on a request to reconsider the Department of Law supplemental budget request and...
Americans for Prosperity flex muscles at the statehouse
A year ago, then-state Senate President Bill Cadman, a Colorado Springs Republican, told a gathering of the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity that...