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Out West Roundup: Arizona governor suspends Uber from autonomous testing

Mar 30, 2018

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Associated Press

Arizona Arizona governor suspends Uber from autonomous testing PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suspended Uber’s self-driving vehicle testing privileges last week in the wake of a pedestrian fatality in a Phoenix suburb. Ducey said in a letter to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the San Francisco-based company’s…
Democratic state Senate candidate Alan Kennedy-Shaffer targeting pot customers with campaign ads

Dec 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In what could be a first, Democrat Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, one of five Democrats running for an open state Senate seat in next year’s election, plans to start running campaign ads through the primary on video screens at marijuana dispensaries throughout the Denver district. Kennedy-Shaffer told Colorado Politics his campaign ads touting the attorney as a…
State program drives down unwanted pregnancy rates in Colorado

Dec 1, 2017

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Jessica Machetta

Colorado’s teen pregnancy, birth and abortion rates continue to plummet under a Colorado state health department family planning program that has averted nearly $70 million in state and federal spending, according to the state health department. Colorado’s Title X Family Planning Program has provided a range of family planning services for more than 40 years.…
DeGette co-sponsors bill to protect birth control rights

Oct 22, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette was a lead sponsor of a bill introduced Thursday to block the Trump administration from limiting women’s access to birth control. The bill is a response to Interim Final Rules from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this month that exempt employers from some requirements to…
Senate Republicans help push 12-month supply of contraceptives forward

Apr 5, 2017

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Peter Marcus

A Republican-controlled Senate committee on Wednesday widely backed allowing women to obtain a year’s worth of prescription contraceptives. It was a somewhat surprising vote in the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, a committee used by the majority party to kill unfavorable legislation. Similar 12-month contraceptive legislation failed in the same committee last year.…
Supporters of 12-month supply of contraceptives bill worried it will die in Colorado Senate

Apr 4, 2017

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Peter Marcus

A bipartisan bill to allow women to obtain a year’s worth of prescription contraceptives passed the House with widespread support, but faces an uncertain future in the Republican Senate. House Bill 1186 was assigned to the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, a committee used by the majority party to kill unfavorable legislation. In…
DeGette praises new regulation protecting abortion doctor funds

Dec 27, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, stepped back into the abortion debate last week with her praise for a new Obama administration regulation that forbids states from withholding federal family planning services from low-income persons. DeGette said the regulation ensures “vital” health care for low-income women. DeGette is co-chair of the Congressional…

birth control

Out West Roundup: Arizona governor suspends Uber from autonomous testing

Democratic state Senate candidate Alan Kennedy-Shaffer targeting pot customers with campaign ads

State program drives down unwanted pregnancy rates in Colorado

DeGette co-sponsors bill to protect birth control rights

Senate Republicans help push 12-month supply of contraceptives forward

Supporters of 12-month supply of contraceptives bill worried it will die in Colorado Senate

DeGette praises new regulation protecting abortion doctor funds