Common Sense Institute
Healthcare Freefall: AI arms race hits rural healthcare as hospitals fight to keep up
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 minutes ago
Editor’s Note: Colorado’s healthcare system is entering a period of accelerating instability — a “tsunami,” as multiple leaders describe it — driven by collapsing hospital finances, shrinking Medicaid reimbursements, disappearing services and a political fight over who is responsible for...
House will vote to denounce socialism
Lauren Green
lauren-green@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
The House of Representatives is set to vote next week when lawmakers return to condemn and denounce “socialism in all its forms,” specifically pointing to the growing Democratic Socialists of America organization. The House voted to condemn socialism last year,...
Healthcare freefall: Economic ripple effects grow as Colorado hospitals face financial strain
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
Colorado’s hospital systems aren’t just a network of clinics and emergency rooms — they are also one of the state’s largest economic engines. So some 10 hospitals identified at any given time as vulnerable to closure, the alarm extends far...
Healthcare freefall: UNC’s new medical school aims to tackle Colorado’s rural doctor shortage
Hap Fry, Special to The Gazette
hap-fry@gazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
Editor’s Note: Colorado’s healthcare system is entering a period of accelerating instability — a “tsunami,” as multiple leaders describe it — driven by collapsing hospital finances, shrinking Medicaid reimbursements, disappearing services and a political fight over who is responsible for...
Colorado’s hunting and fishing traditions rest on science, conservation and a proven heritage | IN RESPONSE
Colorado Politics
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Updated 12 hours ago
By John Howard Eric Washburn’s recent column warns Coloradans the right to hunt and fish amendment is a Trojan horse designed to resurrect “cruel” practices voters have already banned and to elevate killing above every other form of wildlife management....
Why does Colorado limit who can safeguard taxpayer dollars? | GUEST COLUMN
Colorado Politics
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Updated 11 hours ago
By Devin Camacho Recently, PNC Bank announced its purchase of FirstBank Colorado. Not only did Colorado lose a local banking option, but nearly 1,000 people lost jobs, with more job losses coming as the big bank now closes branches too....
Gubernatorial candidates Phil Weiser, Greg Lopez spar, as Marx skips debate
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Two of the candidates for Colorado governor squared off in a televised debate on Thursday night, when Attorney General Phil Weiser, the Democratic nominee, and former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez, an unaffiliated candidate, delved into issues of affordability, data center...
Troops, taxes, war dominate Colorado’s 5th CD debate between Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Democratic challenger Jessica Killin on Thursday night clashed over the war in Iran, the federal budget and healthcare when they took the stage in Colorado Springs for a sold-out debate in the race to...
5th Congressional debate watchers hope for civility, truthfulness
Cleo Westin
cleo-westin@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A few hundred people watched Rep. Jeff Crank and veteran Jessica Killin square off in a debate for the 5th Congressional District at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday evening. Many of them sported campaign insignia...
WATCH: Republican US Rep. Jeff Crank, Democratic challenger Jessica Killin debate in Colorado’s 5th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 18 hours ago
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, his Democratic challenger, are scheduled to meet for a televised debate in the race to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District on Thursday night. The candidates are set to take the stage at...