Author: Colorado Politics staff
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Colorado adopts California auto emissions standards
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By the Associated Press and Colorado Politics Colorado has adopted vehicle emission rules that incorporate California standards, joining several other states in moving pre-emptively to avoid any weakening of federal standards by the Trump administration. Friday’s vote by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission setting low-emission vehicle (LEV) standards – 8-0 with one recusal –…
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ELECTION 2018 | Scenes of celebration and sadness on election night across Colorado
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Once again, Coloradans went to the polls and chose winners and losers. And on Tuesday night, we watched the drama unfold. Here’s a look at election night across the state.
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Reese Witherspoon to appear in Denver on Michelle Obama’s book tour
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By Emily Heil / The Washington Post, Colorado Politics, and 9News When Michelle Obama stops in Denver on her book tour in December, it’ll be actress Reese Witherspoon asking the questions on the Pepsi Center stage. The Academy Award winner (for playing June Carter Cash in the 2005 film “Walk the Line”) was one of…
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Denver’s DaVita to pay feds $270M over improper billing practices
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A unit of Denver-based health-care giant DaVita Inc. has agreed to pay $270 million to resolve allegations it provided inaccurate information to Medicare, federal prosecutors said Monday. DaVita Medical Holdings admitted to practices that caused incorrect diagnosis codes to be submitted in order to obtain inflated payments, according to the U.S. Justice Department. California-based HealthCare…
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Protesters urge Sen. Gardner to vote against Kavanaugh
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About 200 people rallied outside the office of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in downtown Denver Friday urging him to vote against confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Some held signs for passing light rail trains and cars to see, with some drivers honking their support. The crowd chanted slogans like “Hell, no, Kavanaugh” and “No…
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Colo. secretary of state asks for probe of alleged voter intimidation in small town
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Colorado’s secretary of state’s office has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate allegations of voter intimidation in a small town. The office declared Wednesday that four residents of Pitkin whose votes were challenged earlier this year are eligible to vote there and requested the federal investigation under the federal Voting Rights Act. An announcement…
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New Kavanaugh accuser is from Colorado
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By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press, and Ernest Luning, Colorado Politics WASHINGTON – As the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her as a teenager, a new claim of sexual misconduct emerged from…