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Colorado voters may get say in making roads a budget priority with proposed ballot measure

They are not solving “the problems of congestion and safety on our existing infrastructure. Solving that problem now would do more for our air quality than hoping to change people and the way they operate in the future. We need a solution now.” — Tom Norton, former State Senator and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Senate Republicans win round one in court over constitutional bill reading requirement

The order prohibits anyone in their capacity for the General Assembly from:“Refusing to read legislation, including (HB 19-1172) in an intelligible fashion absent the unanimous consent of all members present to dispense with such reading as required by Article V, Section 22 of the Colorado Constitution. — Judges temporary order in part in response to lawsuit filed by Senate Republicans against Senate Democrats.

Bills offered to “cut the fat” in state house have different outcomes

“It bothers me when people minimize taxpayer money. So it’s $84,000? In Jeffco, it may be a very small percentage of their total budget, but that $84,000 could be a new patrol deputy or a new corrections deputy. It could be pay raises because they are losing deputies because of lack of pay, so it doesn’t really matter. It’s still taxpayer money.” Sen. John Cooke, R-Greeley.

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