Colorado Senator Dylan Roberts and Representative Meghan Lukens Sponsored Bills to Provide Tax Credits for Passenger Rail and Small Businesses in Rural Colorado
Idea Category: Rural Development, Small Business, Transportation
Colorado: Governor Polis signed two bills sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts and Representative Meghan Lukens that will invest in rural communities to spur development. The first bill aims to make passenger rail in the mountains more sustainable by providing tax credits to incentivize businesses and operators to utilize freight lines at risk of inactivity due to the transition from coal. The other bill extends a state grant and tax credit program to support small businesses in rural Colorado communities. Reauthorizing the Rural Jump-Start Program provides financial assistance to qualified businesses in economically distressed counties. “This rural jump-start program allows small businesses to get started and get support and help communities diversify their economies,” said Roberts.
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Innovative State Financing for Affordable Homeownership Development
Idea Category: 2025 Ideas Challenge, Building & Development | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado State Senator Dylan Roberts Expands Clean Energy Definition to Include Nuclear Power
Idea Category: Clean Energy | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Senator Dylan Roberts’s Legislation to Support the Development of Affordable Housing Signed Into Law
Idea Category: Housing | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Senator Jeff Bridges and Representative Meghan Lukens Sponsor the 2025 School Finance Act
Idea Category: Education | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Senator Dylan Roberts’s Bill Expanding Care for Seniors Was Signed Into Law
Idea Category: Senior Care | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Representative Meghan Lukens Champions Mental Health Bill for Colorado’s Agricultural Communities
Idea Category: Agriculture, Mental Health | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Representative Meghan Lukens and Senator Jeff Bridges Sponsored a Bipartisan Workforce Development Law Aiming to Connect Coloradans with In-Demand Jobs In Construction
Idea Category: Workforce | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Senator Dylan Roberts’ Equal Justice Fund Authority Bill, was Signed Into Law, Adding Roughly $2M in Funding for Free Legal Services to Low-Income Coloradans
Idea Category: Criminal Justice | Funding Source: ARP
Colorado Senator Dylan Roberts Guided Ten Water-Related Bills to Governor’s Desk
Idea Category: Conservation, Environment, Water | Funding Source: ARP
Senator Dylan Roberts Highlighted Colorado Water Conservation Victories
Idea Category: Environment, Indigenous Rights | Funding Source: ARP
Representative Meghan Lukens Announced Removal of Budget Rule, Allowing Funding for Colorado Schools
Idea Category: Education | Funding Source: ARP
Jump-starting Rural Businesses and Economies
Idea Category: Jobs and Entrepreneurship | Funding Source: ARP
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