Gov. Polis shrinks funding for Colorado’s wolf reintroduction to address state budget crisis

Gov. Polis shrinks funding for Colorado’s wolf reintroduction to address state budget crisis

On Thursday, Aug. 28, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a measure that will redirect a small portion of the state’s wolf budget toward health insurance subsidies.  The bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of Western Slope lawmakers during a special session called to close a nearly $780 million gap in Colorado’s budget caused by the passage of congressional Republicans’ federal tax law. On Thursday, Polis also signed special session …