Proposed $28.5 Billion Colorado Budget Affects Transit, Health Care

DENVER (AP) – Gov. John Hickenlooper has presented a $28.5 billion proposed budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year that calls for balancing measures affecting transportation and health care spending.
The budget presented Tuesday also sets aside $16 million in marijuana sales tax revenue for affordable housing, housing for those with behavioral health issues and programs for the homeless.
The budget is 3.3 percent larger than this year’s. It requests $500 million in cuts or transfers in