transportation
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Hickenlooper expects suit over school-choice language in bill for foster children
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed House Bill 1306, which is intended to allow foster children avoid being shuttled from one school to another. But he’s definitely not happy about it. The bill deals with the problems foster children experience with school when they move from one placement to another. Under current law, a…
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Democrats in public TV debate squabble over pro-Kennedy attack ad
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With just 27 days left until the gubernatorial primaries, Democratic candidates Mike Johnston, Donna Lynne, Cary Kennedy and Jared Polis went head-to-head during the taping of the debate series “Colorado Decides” Wednesday. The discussion covered everything from Bernie Sanders’ influence in the Democratic party to Colorado facing a forthcoming economic recession, as well as the…
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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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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…
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Senate Republican leaders talk major issues left in final full week of session
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Senate Republican leaders Monday reviewed the last major issues remaining with one last full week to go in Colorado’s 2018 legislative session: transportation, the state pension plan and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. They also put a solid nail in the coffin for a bill that, as introduced, would jail teachers who go out on…
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General Assembly adding bills more than subtracting in waning weeks
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Wednesday marks the start of the last three weeks of Colorado’s 2018 General Assembly session. As of a week ago, the General Assembly still had 295 bills – out of a total of 615 – awaiting final action. You’d think a week later that number would be lower. You’d be wrong. As of Wednesday morning, the…
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With four weeks to go, hundreds of bills still await final action
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Wednesday marks the beginning of the last four weeks of Colorado’s 2018 General Assembly session. That means “hurry-up” time, with 295 bills (out of 615) on the House and Senate docket still looking for final action – and at least one more to come. The majority of those bills on final approach originated in the…
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Stalemate over transportation solution continues at Colorado Capitol
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Just how much Colorado’s General Assembly should put toward funding the $9 billion wish-list for transportation projects across the state is still unresolved between the House and Senate. A series of ballot proposals, unveiled last week by a coalition – Move Colorado, led by the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce – would ask voters to increase the…
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THE PODIUM: Transportation fix hits partisan speed bump
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On the opening day of the current legislative session, Senate Republicans introduced a $3.5 billion state transportation plan. If approved by voters in November, Senate Bill 18-001 will take aim at the state’s $9 billion backlog in road and highway improvements – and do it without raising state taxes. Weeks later, Democrats have yet to…
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Call in Wednesday to ask questions, learn more about CDOT plan to the I-25 ‘Gap’ with toll lanes
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El Paso County residents can call in to a telephone town hall Wednesday night to ask about the widening of the Interstate 25 “Gap,” the Colorado Department of Transportation said. To hear an update on the project – which would widen the 18-mile stretch from Monument to Castle Rock from two to three lanes in…
