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Colorado’s fiscal future continues to be clouded by tariffs, revenue drops and recession fears
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State economists on Monday presented continuing data that shows a weakened economic outlook for Colorado and continued risks for a near-term recession. The Joint Budget Committee, comprised of six lawmakers from the General Assembly who annually craft the state budget, saw at least some encouraging signs. The committee’s four Democrats lauded last month’s special session,…
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Colorado General Assembly is back in session today | Here are 5 things you need to know
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The Colorado General Assembly will kick off its 2025 session today. Here are five things you need to know. Ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The House and Senate will convene at 10 a.m. The lawmakers will be sworn in by the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. In the House, everyone…
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Colorado General Assembly to tackle union law, crime, gaming amid vacancies in 2025 session
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Fresh from an election, the Colorado General Assembly will kick off its session on Jan. 8, when lawmakers will begin to tackle major fights in 2025, notably over union laws and criminal policy. In addition, lawmakers will need to figure out a way to govern with new leaders — and dozens of new members. The Colorado…
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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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House approves Colorado’s $36.4 billion budget for next year, sends spending plan to Senate
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The House on Thursday approved the Colorado government’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year on a party-line vote and sent it to the state Senate for consideration. Lawmakers amended the $36.4 billion budget a dozen times on Wednesday, adding $63.5 million in cash and general fund dollars but stripping out $1.5 million in expansion…
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Economic good times pump up Colorado budget forecast
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The good times keep rolling in Colorado, exceeding the expectations of state budget analysts, according to the economic projections released by the Governor’s Office Thursday. Tax collections beat the quarterly forecast in June by $103 million, almost 1 percent, according to preliminary numbers. Now the state’s experts think the current fiscal year that began July…
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Colorado gets 2 dozen new laws, new budget Sunday
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From squatters to swatters and $29 billion, the Colorado state budget and 25 laws take effect Sunday. They are the products of the 120-day legislative session that ended in May, when lawmakers passed 432 rules and regulations – about 60 percent of those introduced after the session began in January – and Gov. John Hickenlooper…
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NOONAN | Record of outgoing legislative leadership: incremental change
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The opening of the 2011 General Assembly marked the first year of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration. It was the year that Kevin Grantham, Senate president, and Crisanta Duran, House speaker, started their eight years in the Senate and House. Other prominent leaders in that elected class include Sen. Lucia Guzman, Senate minority leader; Rep. Millie…
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10 things to watch in the 2018 Colorado legislature
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Cloud of harassment Four legislators, two Republicans and two Democrats, stand accused of sexual harassment, while others have leveled accusations or taken sides. If lawmaking is about relationships, then both could be strained in the early going. A surplus for roads? A December revenue forecast suggested the legislature might have unforeseen hundreds of million…
