Colorado lawmakers’ $40.6 billion budget caps tuition hikes, includes money for auto theft prevention

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Colorado lawmakers’ $40.6 billion budget caps tuition hikes, includes money for auto theft prevention

Colorado lawmakers unveiled a state budget proposal Tuesday that would provide more money for higher education, address long waitlists of jail inmates with competency issues and boost pay for home health care workers. Those are among the highlights as legislators look to spend about $40.6 billion in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. The bipartisan Joint Budget Committee will now usher the bill — one of the few must-pass measures conside…