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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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Congress seeks more robust computer workforce similar to Colorado’s
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WASHINGTON – Members of Congress advocated public-private partnerships to increase the number of college graduates with computer expertise during a hearing Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The congressional committee appeared to be taking a hint from Colorado, which a major media organization named this month as a top destination for the technology industry. “The demand for…
