More than two dozen bills have been introduced ahead of Thursday’s special legislative session, where lawmakers are expected to find nearly $800 million in budget cuts.

What’s notably absent from the proposed bills so far is any clear plan for how those cuts will be made.

Only one bill even hints at specific reductions: a proposal from Western Slope lawmakers to cut $264,000 from the state’s wolf management program and redirect that money to support health insurance subsidies.

There are two bills, similar in some regards, from members of the Joint Budget Committee. Both deal with the governor’s authority to enact spending cuts when revenues fall short.

The state lost $1.2 billion, mostly in corporate income tax revenue that was cut in the federal budget, H.R. 1.

How will the budget ge

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