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Hickenlooper submits his final state budget, but it may not last long
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Gov. John Hickenlooper won’t be in office when the next Colorado state budget goes into effect next July 1, but he submitted his 2019-20 proposal to the General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee Thursday, as required by law. The proposal is likely to be revised by the next governor, who takes office on Jan. 8. Traditionally…
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School Finance Act clears first Colo. House hurdle
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The General Assembly could make major progress on buying down the state’s debt to K-12 public education under the School Finance Act, which cleared the House Education Committee Monday on an 11-2 vote. House Bill 1379 includes an extra $150 million, a request okayed by both the governor and the Joint Budget Committee, to pay…