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The marijuana tax fix that missed in October is on its way in January
The correction to a 2017 bill that has inadvertently taken marijuana tax revenues from a handful of special taxing districts won split approval from a Senate committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 88 seeks to remedy the problem of a drafting error in last year’s omnibus bill for rural Colorado, SB 17-267. The error was one of…
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Senate fix to last year’s hospital provider fee bill to surface Tuesday
UPDATE: Senate Bill 18-088 was introduced late Tuesday and sent to the Senate Finance Committee. The issue that caused Gov. John Hickenlooper to call back lawmakers for what turned into a failed special session makes a return visit to the Capitol this week. But Senate leaders indicated Tuesday this measure might actually solve the mess that…
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Aurora’s light rail line no longer target of service cuts under RTD revised plan
After fielding much furor over proposed light rail line service reductions, the Regional Transportation District OK’d a new plan for the R Line running through Aurora, excluding the cuts. RTD targeted the R line, which runs through Aurora along Interstate 225, for reduced service due to poor ridership. But the route is just six months…
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Northwest rail line should get RTD’s share of pot taxes, state Sen. Matt Jones says
While a Democratic effort to restore marijuana tax money to special districts was underway, Colorado state Sen. Matt Jones was pitching a different idea to fund a commuter rail Tuesday. The Democrat from Louisville would like to see marijuana tax money directed to metro Denver’s Regional Transportation District to keep the special district’s promises to…
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Lawmakers lament special session that yielded no result
Colorado lawmakers, depending on party affiliation, thought the special session that ended Tuesday on a party-line vote in the Republican-controlled Senate Transportation Committee represented a missed opportunity to fix their mistake or a staunch defense of the state Constitution. Republicans opposed the fix and preferred voters decide the tax issue, or at least get specific legal guidance…
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Senate Transportation Committee, as expected, kills first special session bill
The first day of the General Assembly’s special session held no surprises for anyone who listened to Senate Republicans early Monday morning: as expected, a bill to fix a drafting error in a measure from the 2017 regular session, went down on a party-line 3-2 vote. In a vote less than an hour later, the…
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Legal questions over fix stymie special session
The biggest fight over whether to fix a drafting error in an omnibus rural sustainability bill is whether the fix requires voter approval. Senate Republicans are adamant that voters in those special districts should weigh in. Democrats and those who have fought similar battles in the courts say no. And it’s all about how the Taxpayer’s…