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Q&A with Sandra Hagen Solin | A Capitol insider talks transportation, #MeToo
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Sandra Hagen Solin is among those lobbyists who are pretty much at the top of their game at the Capitol and beyond – having recently brought the 25-year-old firm she founded and owns, Capitol Solutions, under the umbrella of the national law firm Kutak Rock to head up and build its government-relations practice. “I have the…
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Denver chamber-led coalition will seek sales tax for roads
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A Denver-led coalition hopes to ask voters in November for a 0.62 percent statewide sales tax to pay for transportation. Members of the coalition made the decision in a closed-door meeting at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Friday morning. Now the groups supporting the tax must collect 98,492 signatures from registered voters statewide by Aug.…
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Senate sends transportation funding bill to the governor
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None of the Republicans in the state House of Representatives supported it earlier in the day, but Senate Republicans collected a unanimous vote Tuesday night to send a bill to the governor that will eventually put almost $3 billion into the state’s beleaguered transportation system. Senate Bill 1 puts $495 million into roads, bridges and…
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Transportation funding bill continues to change as session winds down
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Instead of inking a final deal to pay for transportation, a Colorado House committee was still using pencils with big erasers Wednesday afternoon, as Senate Bill 1 continued to undulate with amendments between to fix highways while ensuring education money doesn’t help cover the cost. But because the House planned to convene Wednesday night, the…
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A fix for transportation built on strong leadership — and bonding
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At the beginning of this legislative session, an urgent plea for action was delivered by business leaders throughout the state to legislative leaders and the governor to address the growing crisis in our state’s transportation system. With just over a week remaining in the 2018 session, we are increasingly concerned that transportation could once again…
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Colo. House Democrats eye late overhaul on transportation
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With a week left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats are poised to introduce a major overhaul to a transportation bill that passed the state Senate unanimously more than a month ago. The change is significant. Rather than asking for permission to borrow $3.5 billion and repay it with $250 million a year from…
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Colorado transportation funding bill clears Senate, House eyes backup plan
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DENVER – The Colorado Senate passed legislation Wednesday to use sales tax money already in the state budget to fix up the state’s clogged, aging transportation system. After days of debate and amendments, Senate Bill 1 passed 35-0 and moves to the House, where Democrats have an eight-seat majority and a lot of ideas on how…
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Colorado Senate amendment would push transportation tax vote to 2019
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DENVER – Amendments to a critical transportation funding bill Wednesday night trimmed a request from the state budget to $250 million a year and delayed the request for permission from voters until November 2019. The Colorado Senate has been wrestling with Senate Bill 1 for a week. The legislation would tap the state budget ea each…
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State revenue forecasts show uptick in economy, tax dollars
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DENVER – The news about Colorado state revenues is either good, or very good, according to the number-crunchers at the state Capitol who keep an eye on Colorado’s revenue picture. In both cases, the news was good enough for Gov. John Hickenlooper to hike the amount of money he wants to put into transportation, both…
