Housing, taxes, guns dominate Colorado's 2024 legislative session

PLUS | Team USA's massive logistical task ahead of Paris Olympics starts in Colorado Springs; Longtime Colorado Springs Italian eatery celebrates 50 anniversary; and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Housing, taxes, guns dominate Colorado's 2024 legislative session]( The 120th and final day of the 2024 legislative session began with 66 bills, out of a total of 705, awaiting their final fate. With the final day underway, several more bills fell by the wayside, including one intended to shake up the Regional Transportation District's board and other reforms. [Read More]( [Longtime Colorado Springs Italian eatery celebrates 50 anniversary | Table Talk]( Fifty and going strong. P74 The Downtown Panino’s, 604 N. Tejon St., a family-owned business, is celebrating being open since June 1974, with a Boyle Lunch Bunch, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 22. [Read More]( [Miles Wood delivers overtime magic in Avalanche Game 1 win over Stars]( Miles Wood flew down the ice and scored the biggest goal of his NHL life. The hard-nosed winger lifted the Avalanche in overtime to a 4-3 victory in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series against the Stars at American Airlines Center. Colorado overcame a 3-0 deficit in the first period with four unanswered goals. [Read More]( [EDITORIAL: Lawmakers strike out on property-tax relief]( Gazette Editorial Board: "The bottom line on the Legislature’s latest attempt at property tax relief is it doesn’t do much. Cobbled together in desperation and rolled out this week amid the frenzied final days of the 2024 session, it’s more or less as underwhelming as prior versions." [Read More]( [Team USA's massive logistical task ahead of Paris Olympics starts in Colorado Springs]( The work to amass Team USA's shipping order started six weeks ago. The logistics team in Colorado Springs meticulously unpacked, catalogued and repacked 80,000 kilos of items onto shipping pallets. [Read More]( [Meeting future El Paso County road needs would cost $2.44 billion]( El Paso County would need $2.44 billion to build all the projects outlined in a new transportation plan nearing completion. [Read More]( [Colorado Senate passes 'transit-oriented' housing bill with 2 dozen amendments]( After several days of delays, the Senate approved a House proposal requiring metropolitan planning organizations to impose higher density goals in zoning. The House approved the amendments, and House Bill 1313, which received a 19-15 vote in the Senate on Tuesday, now goes to Gov. Jared Polis, who is expected to sign it. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903