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Legislature begins the fight, again, over how to pay for transportation
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The Colorado Senate Transportation Committee Tuesday afternoon served up the official opening volley of another contentious fight over how to pay for transportation to keep up with Colorado’s growth. The first bill Senate Republicans filed this session would ask voters next November to borrow $3.5 billion and repay it with about $300 million a year…
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Colorado chambers, business groups tell legislature to put the pedal down
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Dear Colorado legislature, get on the bus, but don’t step on the gas. That’s the takeaway from a letter more than 20 chambers and other business organizations sent to lawmakers Friday urging them to support an ongoing source of revenue for transportation, meaning revenue from growth that’s locked into the state budget. Transportation funding is…
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Q&A: Chamber leaders in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins look up and down for I-25 funding
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Fix Colorado Roads has been working for years to get lawmakers to put more money into major roads, with lots of promises and limited follow-through. This session was supposed to turn a corner, but instead interstates 25 and 70 will continue to wait, just as the motorists do in routine traffic jams. Colorado Politics…
