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Updated: America’s Cabinet includes lawmakers from Colorado: Duran, Winter and Moreno
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Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran, state Rep. Faith Winter and state Sen. Dominick Moreno were in Washington, D.C., Monday to take a seat on America’s Cabinet, a shadow group to President Trump’s advisers but with their own take. The program is a part of the nonpartisan Young Elected Officials Network, a national group of leaders…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper addresses roads, rural needs, marijuana in State of the State
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Along with the growling tractors in the Brush Fourth of July parade and the smell of barbecue in Sterling, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper talked about roads, drug addiction, state employees’ pensions, rural broadband and healthcare in his State of the State address Thursday. A governor who could someday be on a national ticket also swerved…
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10 things to watch in the 2018 Colorado legislature
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Cloud of harassment Four legislators, two Republicans and two Democrats, stand accused of sexual harassment, while others have leveled accusations or taken sides. If lawmaking is about relationships, then both could be strained in the early going. A surplus for roads? A December revenue forecast suggested the legislature might have unforeseen hundreds of million…
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Time to say ‘enough’ to attacks on children’s health care coverage
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Of the many complicated health care issues we face, one of the most immediate threats – and one that is easily solved – is the looming loss of coverage for more than 75,000 Colorado kids and 800 pregnant moms who depend on the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program. CHIP provides low-cost health insurance coverage to…
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Doug Lamborn: Republican tax legislation ‘puts a stake through the heart of Obamacare’
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn cheered word Friday that congressional Republicans had secured enough votes to pass a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that President Donald Trump has said he hopes to sign before the end of the year but that Democrats say favors corporations and the wealthy without much helping everyone else. “The…
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White House: Walker Stapleton among state officials backing GOP’s overhaul of nation’s tax laws
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Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a candidate for governor in next year’s election, is among dozens of Republican state officials backing efforts to overhaul the nation’s tax laws, the White House announced a day before congressional Republican leaders said they’d reached a deal on the legislation. “I applaud and support the efforts of federal lawmakers and…
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman sets Wednesday telephone town hall to discuss ‘critical issues’
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, plans to hold an hour-long telephone town hall Wednesday evening, his office announced, as tax reform legislation barrels its way through Congress and a deadline for a crucial spending bill looms. The conference call is scheduled for 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Register here to receive a call at the…
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National Democrats, pro-Obamacare group hammer Mike Coffman for vote supporting tax bill
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Save My Care, an organization opposed to repealing the Affordable Care Act, are targeting U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman with digital ads criticizing his support for Republican-sponsored tax reform legislation, the groups said Monday. The DCCC is unleashing ads on vulnerable GOP incumbents, including Coffman, who voted for the House…
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Colorado Medicaid recipients face cuts under GOP tax plan, says Center for American Progress
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When the Center for American Progress sees cuts in the Republican tax plan, the left-leaning organization sees Littleton’s Kelly Stahlman, a “Medicaid mom” raising twin sons with cerebral palsy. The center is touting new research that shows the cost of healthcare cuts at the local level, to families such as the Stahlmans. She first told…
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THE PODIUM: The White House is bent on sabotaging the Affordable Care Act
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The Trump administration is bad for your health. This administration tried to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which would deprive millions of Americans of their coverage, and it appears they are still trying. In the midst of the open enrollment season for health insurance under the ACA, the administration is taking steps through executive action…
