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Bennet, Tipton talk energy, broadband and healthcare at Club 20 event
GRAND JUNCTION – U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton talked Saturday about issues close to Western Colorado’s hearts and wallets. They told the spring meeting of the Club 20 Western Slope coalition what they’re doing in Washington to improve energy development, the high cost of healthcare, the slowness of rural broadband internet service…
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Out West Roundup: Fearing a Utah ‘coronation,’ 11 Republicans challenge Romney
Utah Fearing a Utah ‘coronation’, 11 Republicans challenge Romney SALT LAKE CITY – Eleven Republicans stepped forward before a filing deadline last week to challenge former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race, including a state lawmaker who says an “establishment insider” can’t fix problems in Washington. Many of the candidates acknowledge…
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Democrat David Aarestad suspends congressional campaign, endorses primary rival Jason Crow
DENVER – David Aarestad is pulling out of the Democratic race in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday and endorsing primary rival Jason Crow, saying the Army veteran has the best chance of unseating five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, Colorado Politics has learned. The Aurora attorney said he decided to end the campaign…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
H.R. 1153: Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 This was a vote to pass H.R. 1153 in the House. The Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 approved this week is intended to make mortgage lending easier for financial institutions by excluding some charges from the points and fee calculations. It also is supposed to incrementally drive down…
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Updated: America’s Cabinet includes lawmakers from Colorado: Duran, Winter and Moreno
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
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
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
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’
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
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…