The top-10 issues facing Colorado lawmakers in the 2017 session

Colorado state lawmakers begin the 2017 term Wednesday with a daunting to-do list and divided chambers in a volatile political era.
The General Assembly — with a Republican-led Senate and a Democratic-controlled House — ended in gridlock in May with unresolved questions about how to improve the state’s roads, put more dollars in classrooms and boost the economy.
The 2016 election returned a split legislature that will face the same questions this year with t