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Gubernatorial candidates talk mental health, substance abuse at bipartisan forum
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DENVER – A stage full of gubernatorial candidates agreed on the importance of addressing issues surrounding mental health and substance abuse, but some differed sharply on their approaches at a bipartisan forum devoted to the topics on Friday in Denver. “This issue is literally a matter of life and death,” said Andrew Romanoff, president of…
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Mental Health Colorado sets March forum for Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates
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The nonpartisan Mental Health Colorado is conducting its inaugural forum for gubernatorial candidates on March 23, the nonprofit’s president and CEO, former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, announced this week. “We’re inviting the contenders for Colorado’s top job to tell us how they would improve care for people with mental health and substance use disorders,” Romanoff…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Pilar Chapa named executive director of Colorado Democratic Party
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The Colorado Democratic Party announced Tuesday that campaign and advocacy veteran Pilar Chapa has been hired as the party’s new executive director. Chapa has most recently worked as the communications and outreach specialist for the Campaign for a Strong Colorado, an advocacy organization associated with ProgressNow Colorado. Before that, she was political outreach director for…
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A Republican running for statehouse wants to be like Mike (Coffman)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehxaRM1ZTeo Colorado Politics has told you before that other Republican candidates could learn a lot about politicking from Mike Coffman. Now a statehouse candidate has. The congressman from Aurora has been running races in Colorado since before people knew Milli Vanilli was fake. And in 29 years, Coffman has never lost a race – not…
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Colorado ski-resort county hopes to tax pot to fund mental health services
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When Eagle County Public Health and Environment director Chris Lindley moved up to the Vail Valley from Denver a few months ago, he was stunned to learn his new home doesn’t have a single bed for people dealing with mental health or substance abuse issues. “Being new to the county and coming up here from…
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A former speaker gets in his political licks while minding mental health
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No one has to ask, “Remember Andrew Romanoff?” The forever-youthful Democratic boy wonder and former Colorado House speaker never went away. He has mounted two high-profile, if ultimately unsuccessful, runs for elective office since leaving the legislature in 2008. And more to the point, all of us media types keep writing about him – win,…
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman surpasses challenger Jason Crow’s quarterly fundraising in Colorado’s 6th District
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, hauled in roughly $364,000 in the most recent fundraising quarter, his campaign said Thursday, outpacing the $300,000 his Democratic challenger Jason Crow plans to report in contributions in the battleground race for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. Coffman increased his fundraising slightly over the previous quarter when he raised…