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Colo. House Democrats eye late overhaul on transportation
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With a week left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats are poised to introduce a major overhaul to a transportation bill that passed the state Senate unanimously more than a month ago. The change is significant. Rather than asking for permission to borrow $3.5 billion and repay it with $250 million a year from…
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Video: Neville, Leonard rush into void with think-tanky transportation proposal
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Conservative state lawmakers, anticipating the death next week of a grand-bargain $3.5 billion transportation-funding bonding plan, are championing an alternative. Their proposal might be a long shot, but if ever were to experience a moment, this might be it. State Republican lawmakers Sen. Tim Neville from Littleton and Rep. Tim Leonard from Evergreen are touting…
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Backlash at transportation tax proposal spawns a ballot drive of its own
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Hey, how about a ballot issue to upgrade the state’s woefully bottlenecked, backlogged and aging highway network – without raising taxes? You want it? You got it: The libertarian-leaning Independence Institute in Denver announced it filed a ballot proposal with the state today that would require the General Assembly to issue $2.5 billion in bonds to fund a raft of highway projects statewide…
