Colorado Lawmakers Pass Hospitals, Roads Bill

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Legislature has passed an ambitious bill to spare hospitals severe budget cuts while generating $1.8 billion for transportation.
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The House on Wednesday sent the complex legislation to the governor, who’s expected to sign it.
The bill was initiated by GOP Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg. In a break from Republican orthodoxy, Sonnenberg exempted from state income limits payments that hospitals make to obtain federal matching funds.
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