DENVER — Colorado’s special session is over , but there’s still more work to do to address the state’s $783 million budget gap. Most of that work will fall to Governor Jared Polis.

Colorado’s Democratic legislative leaders have a three-part plan to address the budget gap. They took care of one part of that plan during their six-day special session when they cut several corporate tax breaks.

"I'm grateful my colleagues didn't shy away from this challenge,” said Senate President James Coleman, D-Denver. “We faced it head-on. We rolled up our sleeves. We acted like the adults in the room."

But they’re leaving the other two parts of the plan to the governor.

Democratic leaders estimate the state will have to take $200 million to $300 million from state reserves and cut spending by up to

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