This week, Chamber President and CEO Kelly Brough urged House legislators to support a bill that would reenact the hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund. With the legislative session drawing to a close, the Chamber and more than 100 organizations continue to support this solution and urge action on this bill and accurately reflect … Read Post
On Wednesday, the joint budget committee resolved gaps between the House and Senate-approved state budget proposals and finalized the nearly $26 billion state budget for the fiscal year that will start on July 1. The Chamber has been following the budget talks closely, and $150 million in funding for transportation will be included in the … Read Post
A bill to make updates to the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and put reauthorization of the SCFD’s penny-on-$10 sales tax on the November ballot passed out of the House Finance Committee yesterday. The Chamber has supported the SCFD since it was created in 1987. In addition to supporting arts and cultural organizations across … Read Post
Denver Metro Chamber President and CEO Kelly Brough joined over 100 other organizations voicing their support to reauthorize the hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund at the Capitol on Tuesday. Two bills aimed at addressing this issue, House Bill 1420 and House Bill 1421, were introduced on Monday. The first bill would reauthorize the … Read Post
This week the Chamber’s Legislative Policy Committee heard directly from Henry Sobanet, the director of the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting on the most recent economic outlook for the state. Published last Friday, the report shows scaled-back growth of the economy. It is estimated state revenue will grow just 1.5 percent this fiscal … Read Post
Last week marked the halfway point of the legislative session—the unofficial signal that legislators will start to focus on the state budget. This Friday state economists will share the budget forecast, and we anticipate that whether or not to create a hospital provider fee enterprise fund, a position the Chamber has strongly supported, will be … Read Post
Bad news is often easier to manage than uncertainty. At least you know what you are facing and can begin to plan for it. This is the second session where we have asked legislators to reauthorize the hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund. During last year’s session we were asked to hold our proposal … Read Post
