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Tag: transportation funding
Money bomb: Candidates and groups dropped a record $239 million on...
Political spending in Colorado’s pivotal 2018 midterm election topped $239 million, far more than any prior year, according to an analysis of campaign finance reports...
Key Colorado ballot initiatives have corporations spending tens of millions for...
Millions of dollars from special interests is going to support or fight three policy issues: a battle over how to pay for transportation needs,...
Sixty two buses, 60 drivers, 9,000 square miles: What happens when...
Fort Morgan, CO — Sherry Jean Burrell lives in a small, clapboard home amid the corn fields amid the plains amid the vastness of...
Dueling proposals to fix Colorado’s roads could collide on your Nov....
Two competing plans to pay for road repairs and transportation projects in Colorado are racing for a spot on November’s statewide ballot.
That means...
A 2018 legislative session marked by financial challenges amid revenue surplus,...
It was a sprint finish to the 2018 legislative session; as lawmakers on the House floor played jeopardy and tossed yo-yos, others were pacing...
Colorado lawmakers reach deal on transportation funding
This story was updated on Tuesday to indicate the Senate and the House formally agreed on a transportation spending plan.
The House and Senate reached...
House Democrats plan to nix bonding measure from Senate’s transportation bill
House Democrats rejected a Republican-backed plan to use bonding to help pay for the state's ailing transportation infrastructure when they announced a funding proposal...
Colorado state budget clears conference committee, but disagreement remains over how...
This story was updated on May 1 to state that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the state budget into law.
Lobbyists, politicos, aides and interns filled...
Senate Dems back transportation bill that lets voters decide how they...
After a scramble on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, lawmakers reached an agreement on a top priority transportation funding bill.
Prior to the...
Sunny forecast a boon for state budget, but long-term outlook uncertain,...
Consumer spending is up. Businesses are investing more. The economy is hot, state economists say — but now they’re warning it may overheat.
The...