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Colorado Senate adds roughly $800 million, passes $37.2 billion state spending plan
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Colorado senators on Thursday approved a state budget for next year that ballooned to $37.2 billion after they added more than $783 million in new spending. The final vote on House Bill 1329 stood at 22-12, with Joint Budget Committee member Sen. Bob Rankin of Carbondale and Sen. Kevin Priola of Henderson, both Republicans, supporting…
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Colorado Senate adds $725 million to $36.4 billion spending plan for next year
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Colorado senators unwound all the changes House members made to the proposed state budget and then added $725 million in spending, a move that highlighted the political machinations in the legislature in an election year. The revised budget still needs the full chamber’s vote, and, assuming the Senate approves the latest version, senators and representatives will…
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Denver City Council starts 2017 budget review
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Denver City Council members started a more than two-month-long city budget review process Monday with explanations from Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration about how they developed the proposed $1.9 billion spending plan for the coming year. In a council work session, chief financial officer Brendan Hanlon said the budget assumes Denver’s economy will continue to grow,…
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Budget adds more cops, helps homeless
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Denver would have close to 50 new police officers next year to help place more emphasis on patrolling the 16th Street Mall without sacrificing coverage in other areas, under Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2017 budget proposal submitted to the City Council on Monday, Sept. 12. Homeless residents and those in need of affordable housing would also…
