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Monday’s revenue forecast to set the stage for state spending
On Monday the most anticipated revenue forecast of the year will be presented to the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) and other lawmakers – one that could determine just how much of a surplus is available for Colorado’s 2018-19 budget and beyond. The March 19 revenue forecast is among the final steps before the JBC releases its…
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Opposing tolls could endanger I-25 ‘Gap’ widening, state transportation official says
A local transportation official is concerned that removing toll lanes from a proposal to widen the Interstate 25 “Gap” could hurt El Paso County’s chances of obtaining a $65 million federal transportation grant. State Transportation Commissioner Rocky Scott told The Gazette on Thursday he’s worried that the county will not be able to revise the…
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Colorado official requests immunity for environmentalists cleaning up mines
WASHINGTON – A Colorado Department of Natural Resources representative told Congress Thursday that the federal government needs to grant immunity from liability to groups that try to clean up abandoned mines before their hazards can realistically be eliminated. About 23,000 mines – many of them abandoned – dot Colorado’s landscape, said Jeff Graves, who oversees…
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Oil and gas accident reporting bill clears committee over industry objections
A bill to focus and enhance reporting of oil and gas industry spills and accidents cleared the House Transportation and Energy Committee Wednesday over the objections of the oil and gas industry. The bill, House Bill 1157, passed with the committee’s eight Democrats voting for it and the five Republicans opposing it. The legislation is a…
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PERA fix plows ahead to shore up Colorado public pension plan
A Colorado Senate committee listened to four and a half hours of testimony on how to fix the state’s shaky pension plan Tuesday, but it didn’t take a vote. Instead, the Finance Committee will reconvene Thursday to throw amendments at Senate Bill 200. At stake is a plan to fill in a projected pension shortfall…
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VP Mike Pence to speak next month in Colorado Springs at Space Symposium
Vice President Mike Pence will speak at a symposium for people in the space race next month in Colorado Springs, as the White House takes a slimmer view of NASA’s budget. Pence will give a noontime address as part of the April 16 opening ceremony for the 34th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor resort. The…
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This Week at the Capitol: March 12-16
Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. Some of the hottest bills of the session (civil rights, PERA reform) are up this week.…
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Michal Rosenoer to lead Emerge Colorado in training Democratic women
Michal L. Rosenoer is the new executive director for Emerge Colorado, the state’s largest training organization for Democratic women considering public office. “Women will make history in this year’s midterm elections,” Norma Ruth Ryan, the interim chair for its Board of Directors, said in a statement. “There are more women running for office in 2018…
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Rep. Dave Williams talks to the White House about Colorado’s sanctuary cities
Rep. Dave Williams led a delegation of Colorado Republican lawmakers to the White House Thursday to talk about so-called sanctuary cities and what to do about them. Williams, a freshman lawmaker from Colorado Springs, has elevated the welcoming treatment Denver, Aurora and Boulder have extended to undocumented immigrants into the national positions favored by President…
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Democrat Cary Kennedy wins gubernatorial preference poll at Colorado caucuses
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy scored a win at Colorado’s precinct caucuses Tuesday night, receiving exactly 50 percent of the vote in a preference poll conducted to kick off a multi-step process to qualify for the June primary ballot. The former state treasurer prevailed over U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who scored 32.5 percent of the…