From roads to pot, the week’s news included the Colorado legislative session entering its homestretch, while the 2018 election campaigns are stumbling out of the gates.

What took the lead on reach and impact to Coloradans in a week full of contenders? The Colorado Politics staff submits this list for your humble consideration:

1. Transportation bill headed for a crash

A bill under negotiations for months to ask voters to approve billions of dollars of transportation with a sales tax appears to be on a dead end mission, with Senate Republicans saying they don’t have the votes to get Senate President Kevin Grantham’s bill out of a committee next Tuesday.

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2. “Oh, happy day!” bill opens the door top compromise

It won’t seem like the Colorado legislature without constant partisan warfare over lawsuits related to shoddy construction. A bill introduced Wednesday could end the uncivil war and get builders going on more affordable housing.

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3. The governor throws shade on the DA

Gov. John Hickenlooper is not political fan of Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler, and it felt a little deeper than their presence in opposite parties. Brauchler has been a visible critic of the governor’s hesitancy on the death penalty. Now Brauchler wants to be governor. Yeah, right, was basically Hickenlooper’s take.

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4. Truckers put the brakes on highway bill

Speaking of that mega-billion-dollar transportation bill, the day before it began to unravel in the state Senate, Greg Fulton, president of the Colorado Motor Carriers Association, said truckers support the journey but not the vehicle. It needed more work. It appears he was right.

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5. Hickenlooper explains the teenaged brain

Colorado Politics’ Mary MacCarthy pressed Gov. John Hickenlooper on why he reluctantly embraces the perceived successes Colorado has had with is marijuana industry. The governor also explains the difference between selling beer and supporting pot from a neuroscience perspective.

Read the story and watch the video here.