Legislative Progress Report ; Legislature Wrapup: Some Accomplishments, Some Setbacks in 2008
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › June 20, 2008
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DENVER - At the start of the 2008 legislative session in January, Gov. Bill Ritter made it clear he wanted overhauls, not just cosmetic touch-ups, in health care and education.
What he got was something in between, according to lawmakers, who spent 119 days trying to find solutions -- and acceptable compromises -- that would reform how children are taught, expand health insurance and renewable energy and fix the state constitution and roads and bridges.See the full content of this document
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Legislative Progress Report ; Legislature Wrapup: Some Accomplishments, Some Setbacks in 2008
"I think we accomplished a lot in 119 days," said Senate President Peter Groff, a Denver Democrat who met often with Ritter to talk issues. "We did so trying to find a middle groun...
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