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2018 Colo. legislature: What’s next on the issues that drove the session?
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The biggest issues of the 120-day Colorado legislative session are far from done just because they’ve been voted on. Transportation is still a snowball rolling downhill toward November, and the dollars that will eventually be steered into roads, bridges and transit are hardly settled. Lawmakers created a $32 billion solution to the state’s public-pension plan,…
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Governor needs to step up to the plate — especially on marijuana legislation
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The 2018 legislative session ended in a photo-finish on Wednesday night. At (literally) the eleventh hour, a number of critical bills made it through the statehouse, as lawmakers found hard-fought compromises to the session’s toughest issues. Fixes on transportation, PERA, and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission all came within the final 72 hours of the…
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What you need to know about Colo.’s $32B pension overhaul
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Just before midnight Wednesday, Colorado lawmakers passed a rescue package for the state public pension program that will have major ramifications for public sector workers, retirees and taxpayers across the state for decades to come. The legislation aims to pay off the Public Employees’ Retirement Association’s $32 billion funding shortfall within 30 years, and calls…
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2018 Colo. legislature: What got done (and not done) under the dome?
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Here’s a look at the bills and issues Colorado legislators did or didn’t accomplish in the 2018 General Assembly session that wrapped up Wednesday: What got done Crackdown on harassmentState Rep. Steve Lebsock became only the second lawmaker in Colorado history to be voted out of the General Assembly on March 2, and Sen. Randy…
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Gavel falls on Colo. legislature’s brawls and breakthroughs
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Denver Zoo brought birds and reptiles to show off at the Colorado Capitol Wednesday – fitting for the last day of a four-month legislative session that was at times a wild kingdom of laws, policies and politics, and at others a close encounter with the #MeToo era. Lawmakers finally wrapped up their work in the…
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Colo. lawmakers find common ground on filling state pension’s $32 billion hole
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Colorado lawmakers cured – they hope – the state employees’ ailing pension plan in the waning minutes of the 120-day Colorado legislative session Wednesday night, a remedy that could help keep Colorado’s credit rating from taking a hit. House and Senate negotiators reached a deal that was approved by both chambers. That should be a relief…
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Business groups urge legislative fix to Colorado public pension
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A group of well-known Colorado business associations has a message for state lawmakers. Essentially, it’s to stop screwing around and work on the underfunded public employees’ pension plan, because for the state’s economy is on the line. Colorado Politics obtain the open letter signed by the Common Sense Policy Roudtable, Colorado Concern, Colorado Association of…
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200+ bills remain in last week of Colo. legislative session
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Finally, some serious progress has been made on the number of bills awaiting the final up or down vote in the Colorado General Assembly! The legislature is finally whittling down the looooong list of bills left to work through the 2018 session, which ends exactly in one week, no later than midnight, Wednesday, May 9.…
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NOONAN | Overloaded bill docket defeats good legislation and public oversight
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Lots of bills stack up at the end of each General Assembly, and usually the most important legislation remains stuck in the stacks. This year is no exception. In the last eight days of the session, almost 300 bills out of 700+ are somewhere in the sausage-making process. Seventeen of those bills were introduced on…
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House Democratic leaders talk final days of 2018 session
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House Democrats are committed to wrapping up many of the same issues that Senate Republicans talked about Monday – the state pension plan, transportation, and reauthorizing the civil rights commission – but how they intend to get there couldn’t be more different. And that shows the divide that must be bridged in the remaining days of the…
