Tag: Jerry Sonnenberg
Secretive lobbying group heads to Denver next week. Here’s what you...
Updated to add statement from Rep. Leslie Herod of Denver.
As a powerful organization backed by some of the nation's wealthiest conservative families prepares to...
Governor signs omnibus rural Colorado bill
Gov. John Hickenlooper this morning signed into law a bill that is expected to help save up to a dozen rural hospitals and provide...
Lawmakers lament they “don’t have more influence” moving state water plan...
Two sessions have passed since Gov. John Hickenlooper rolled out Colorado’s first statewide water plan, yet lawmakers have made little progress toward the plan’s...
Did the Colorado legislature’s biggest compromise set a Republican tripwire over...
UPDATE: Since this story was posted, 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who is running for governor as a Republican, said after thinking about...
Governor considers special session on roads, broadband
Two of the biggest state issues that weren’t settled in the 2017 legislative session may get one more shot this year.
Gov. John Hickenlooper said...
Bill to save rural hospitals on its way to the governor
With the 11-hour passage today—the final day of the state’s 2017 General Assembly—of a sweeping and hard-fought-for bill to spare rural hospitals from decimating...
Bill to save rural hospitals survives Republican headwinds, up for final...
The sweeping omnibus bill to save rural hospitals, provide a one-time funding boost to rural schools and a tax break for small business is...
What’s on tap for the last week of the 2017 legislative...
It’s called sine die, pronounced see-NAY dee-AY. It translates loosely to “on this day and no more.”
On Wednesday, the General Assembly is expected to...
Deal to save rural hospitals clears first hurdles
The measure to save rural hospitals cleared two major steps in the state Senate today, first winning over the Senate Appropriations Committee Friday morning and...
Lawmakers reach high-stakes deal to save rural hospitals
Two House lawmakers and two Senate leaders have reached bipartisan agreement on a high-stakes and hard-fought state finance deal that fell apart as many...