Colorado lawmakers are back at the state capitol for the annual legislative session. As part of our capitol conversation series Bente Birkeland discusses priorities from the Governor and legislative leaders.
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Capitol Conversation: 2016 Colorado Legislative Session Priorities KGNU News
Highlights
On the tone at the Beginning of the Session
Ed Sealover, Denver Business Journal:
“Hickenlooper swoops in at the state of the state address, can you please work together, it was almost a pleading speech.”
Joey Bunch, Denver Post:
“Because it’s an election year and a presidential election year in a swing state I think there’s a lot of campaign writing going on.”
On Areas of Compromise
Ed Sealover, Denver Business Journal:
“There is going go be a search for bipartisan agreement on affordable housing. Republicans and some Democrats will say the key is to make it harder to sue for construction defects in condominiums. There are still a number of Democrats including Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst that don’t like that idea.”
Joey Bunch, Denver Post:
“Both sides say they want to together on the same issues but they have just very different paths on where we go on those solutions.”
