Author: Lisa Cutter
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Expand recycling — shore up the supply chain
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Lisa Cutter Kevin Priola Supply-chain disruptions are a major cause of rising consumer costs. We have a simple solution in Colorado: more recycling. We currently bury more than $100 million worth of commodities – paper, metal, glass and plastics – in our landfills each year. If instead those materials were collected, sorted and sold to…
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How to protect local communities from wildfires
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Lisa Cutter State Rep. Marc Snyder, D-Manitou Springs. The reality in Colorado seems to be not if a wildfire will reach any one of our communities, but when. As demonstrated in the tragic Marshall Fire, no person, no home and no neighborhood is immune. Like many of the things that put our health and economy…
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THE PODIUM | Affordable Care Act has been a lifeline for mental health
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Lisa Cutter This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and we should celebrate the immense and far-reaching impacts it has had on mental health care. Americans have always had to fight tooth and nail for mental health coverage and services. In fact, it wasn’t until 1996 (and…
