Author: Jennifer Kerns
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Kerns: Is ColoradoCare a magic pill or prescription for disaster?
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Just as Coloradans became accustomed to the idea of the Affordable Care Act, along came a ballot measure to replace the state’s health care exchange with a model similar to Canada’s universal health care system. Amendment 69 is a ballot initiative that promises to deliver on big goals of health coverage for all at a…
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Kerns: Who is Donna Lynne?
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One question has begun permeating state Capitol hallways: Who is Donna Lynne? During a sparsely attended snow day news conference last week, Gov. Hickenlooper nominated Donna Lynne to serve as Colorado’s next lieutenant governor. The warmth between the two could have melted the foot of snow that was amassing just outside the statehouse Wednesday with Gov.…
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Franklin Graham warns faith-based voters: Don’t sit on the sidelines this election (video)
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Franklin Graham, son of the legendary Rev. Billy Graham, visited Colorado Tuesday as part of a whistle-stop tour crisscrossing the nation in 2016. As part of Graham’s “Decision America 2016 Tour,” an estimated crowd of 2,000 people gathered at the state Capitol waving American flags. It resembled a campaign stop in every way, except one: Graham’s name is not…
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Littleton shunning tax revenue, missing the memo on marijuana economics
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Kush. Purple Haze. Golden Goat. While the names of its strains may sound funny, Colorado’s marijuana industry has proven it is no joke as the state recently blew past the second anniversary of recreational pot sales. But some cities still act as if they didn’t get the memo. In the wake of Amendment 64, cities such…