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Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts
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Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts

By Brian Eason | The Colorado Sun Over and over last week, Colorado budget writers kept getting mired in the same debates. Is a $21 million program that allows recent high school graduates to enroll in free college-level classes worth the cost? Can the state afford to continue paying bonuses to nurses at its understaffed mental health facilities? What about in jails, where the state has a long backlog of inmates awaiting mental health evaluations in order to stand trial? Should the state keep providing free lunches to school kids, whether or not their parents are truly in financial need? What if doing so means less money for their classroom teachers — over 1,000 of whom were just across the street Thursday to protest proposed cuts to public education? Acr...
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Colorado Joint Budget Committee addresses wolf reintroduction concerns with budget footnotes
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Colorado Joint Budget Committee addresses wolf reintroduction concerns with budget footnotes

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics While agricultural organizations did not succeed in their efforts to halt the reintroduction of more wolves, they found a more sympathetic ear among policymakers at the state Capitol. In their work on "footnotes," which are directions to state departments on administering appropriations, the Joint Budget Committee adopted two items related to the wolf reintroduction program. Footnotes do not have the force of law, although state agencies comply. Even when the governor vetoes a footnote, usually due to a separation of powers issue, he often directs the agencies to comply anyway. The first said the annual $2.1 million general fund appropriation should be used to implement Proposition 114, the narrowly-adopted 2020 ballot measure that resulted...
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Rep. Taggart appointed to serve on Joint Budget Committee in 75th Legislature
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Rep. Taggart appointed to serve on Joint Budget Committee in 75th Legislature

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Rep. Rick Taggart has been appointed to serve on the Joint Budget Committee as a representative of the Colorado House Republican caucus, House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese announced late Friday. The position is an appointment, she explained to members of the Republican caucus during Friday morning's elections. Pugliese had asked all interested persons in the position to contact her immediately. “Representative Taggart has been an exceptional advocate for the minority caucus and the taxpayers of Colorado,” Pugliese said. “With more than 30 years of executive leadership experience with major global brands and his pivotal role in diversifying the job market in Grand Junction, I have complete confidence in his continued service.” Taggert join...
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