Colorado Lawmakers Reconcile A Budget Without Wiggle Room

DENVER (AP) — A bipartisan conference committee restored funding for a teen survey that asks about drug use and added money to hire more oil and gas field inspectors in reaching a deal Thursday to balance Colorado’s $26.8 billion budget.
The Joint Budget Committee approved several amendments to align competing budget versions that had been passed earlier by the Democrat-led House and the Republican-led Senate. Both chambers must approve a reconciled budget for the fiscal year that be