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BARTELS: New election commission to study possible fixes to Colorado laws, constitution
Two proposed ballot measures dealing with primary elections and a presidential primary will drive up costs for counties to run elections. Language concerning recall elections added to Colorado’s constitution in 1913 conflicts with current federal and state law. And what about signature verification for candidate and initiative petitions? Those topics were discussed Friday during the…
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Paramedic state senator may succeed this year with in-home care bill
First responders could start providing in-home medical care, closing a health care access gap in Colorado’s underserved communities and addressing an antiquated emergency care system, under a proposed measure moving through the state Legislature. Senate Bill 69, which just passed the state Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support Monday, would establish a Community Paramedic Program, training…
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Hospital fee debate moves on to second act in Senate
The curtain officially rose Thursday in the House on the long drama centered around the Democratic-led effort to reclassify the state’s $700 million hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund. By Friday at roughly 11:00 a.m., the first act had concluded. Two bills concerning the reclassification passed with Republican support and headed to the Senate,…
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With much grumbling, Senate votes overwhelmingly for state budget
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate want you to know they don’t love this year’s $27 billion budget, but they voted for it in a landslide. “The bottom line is, I’m going to vote yes on this budget because of the great work of the Joint Budget Committee members (who drafted it). I’m proud of…
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The Hot Sheet, March 22, 2016
VOL. 01 NO. 48 | MARCH 22, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Not a good Tuesday morning in the world with yet another terrorist attack striking the heart of Brussels, Belgium, 2 explosions at Brussels Airport and one at a subway station with at least…
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BARTELS: Joe Neguse, for cabinet post
They campaigned against each other for secretary of state, but on Wednesday Republican Wayne Williams and Democrat Joe Neguse sat side by side in a Senate confirmation hearing, praising each other. Williams, who beat Neguse by 2.2 percentage points, took office in January 2015. Gov. John Hickenlooper last spring appointed Neguse to head the Department…
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Senate seizes General Assembly’s top-brewer trophy from the House
The House brew team at the Legislature begrudgingly handed over the highly sought-after crown of cold ones — the beer caucus trophy — to the Senate brew team Tuesday morning in celebration of the upper chamber’s victory at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival’s “Hop the Vote” competition. The Senate team — Sens. Chris Holbert,…