house bill 1242

In home stretch, legislative session as bumpy as a Colorado roadway

Apr 25, 2017

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John Tomasic

Kevin Grantham sat deep in his chair, his left foot, shod in a large cowboy boot, resting on his right knee, the Capitol press corps arrayed in front of him brought by text messages sent out near 10:00 p.m. the night before. It was Thursday morning, just two-and-a-half weeks ahead of the end of the…
For what it’s worth, Caldara says he’s going forward on transportation initiative

Apr 20, 2017

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John Tomasic

As news rippled around the Capitol on Thursday morning that the future of legislative leadership’s grand bargain transportation bill was growing dimmer by the hour, Jon Caldara snacked at the cafe across the street, scrolling through a list of transportation ballot initiatives filed Wednesday by the contracting community and that closely mirror teetering House Bill…
Transportation bill needs more work, says voice of Colorado truckers

Apr 19, 2017

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Joey Bunch

The Colorado Motor Carriers Association, the voice of Colorado’s truckers, has something to say about House Bill 1242, the mega transportation bill. And that message is that it still needs a lot of work, even with the end of the legislative session is just three weeks away. After hearing the association’s president, Greg Fulton, articulate the…
Grantham on transportation bill: ‘There’s going to be some significant changes.’

Apr 10, 2017

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Joey Bunch

The transportation bill the House passed two weeks ago will look a lot different when the state Senate gets done with it. That’s the word from Senate President Grantham on “The Ross Kaminsky Show” on TalkRadio 630 KHOW the other day. That sales tax hike we’ve been hearing so much, the one that’s going to…
Conservative group nudges — who else? — fellow Republicans to oppose transportation tax

Mar 16, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

What’s the old adage – lean hard on your enemies and on your friends, lean harder? OK, that’s not at all how it goes, but it sure fits politics well sometimes. The latest example: a campaign announced today by the conservative advocacy group Americans For Prosperity in opposition to the recently announced – and already much criticized…
Democrat Steve Lebsock says he’ll ‘probably be a no vote’ on transportation tax legislation

Mar 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Steve Lebsock, D-Thornton, says he’s inclined to vote against the bipartisan transportation funding package introduced last week because residents of Adams County and other north metro areas are “tired of getting (the) short end” on road and transit projects. Citing a long list of slights, Lebsock said in a series of tweets and…
Americans for Prosperity targets four GOP senators over transportation funding legislation

Mar 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Americans for Prosperity Colorado announced plans Wednesday to rain down pressure on four Republican senators who have yet to state a position on a bipartisan transportation funding package unveiled last week by legislative leadership. The conservative advocacy organization’s state director, Michael Fields, said the four GOP lawmakers – Senate President Pro Tem Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling,…
Republicans, conservative groups rip proposal to send transportation tax hike to voters

Mar 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In the halls of the Colorado Capitol and across social media, Republican elected officials got creative this week coming up with ways to declare a long-awaited bipartisan transportation-funding package dead on arrival. “If it was a trial balloon, it has more of a resemblance to the Hindenburg,” state Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, told The Colorado…