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Four key takeaways from Colorado’s “breakthrough” legislative session

Democrats embrace wins on tax policy, guns, education funding and housing, a year after bitter policy fights

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis walks away from the podium with Steve Fenberg, President of the Senate, left, and Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House, right, after a press conference in the Governor’s office a day after the ending of the 2024 legislative session at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis walks away from the podium with Steve Fenberg, President of the Senate, left, and Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House, right, after a press conference in the Governor’s office a day after the ending of the 2024 legislative session at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)Nick Coltrain - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Coloradans can expect two years of free college for qualifying students, long-term property tax reform after years of Band-Aid measures, and denser development following a legislative session that Democratic leaders called a "breakthrough" for many of their long-held policy goals.
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