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Political spending in Colorado’s pivotal 2018 midterm election topped $239 million, far more than any prior year, according to an analysis of campaign finance reports...
Two competing plans to pay for road repairs and transportation projects in Colorado are racing for a spot on November’s statewide ballot.
That means...
This story was updated on Tuesday to indicate the Senate and the House formally agreed on a transportation spending plan.
The House and Senate reached...
House Democrats rejected a Republican-backed plan to use bonding to help pay for the state's ailing transportation infrastructure when they announced a funding proposal...
This story was updated on May 1 to state that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the state budget into law.
Lobbyists, politicos, aides and interns filled...
After a scramble on the Senate floor late Wednesday night, lawmakers reached an agreement on a top priority transportation funding bill.
Prior to the...