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Get ready for a lot more advertising from the oil and gas industry on ballot measures
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While there’s been plenty of angst about the amount of money going into the governor’s race (currently at $21.3 million and counting, just for the candidates) campaign finance reports released Tuesday show that it’s likely to be dwarfed by what the oil and gas is already pouring into committees that will do its bidding on…
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Transportation measures’ backers park petitions at secretary of state’s office
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Supporters of two transportation measures proposed for Colorado’s November ballot jockeyed for first position at the Secretary of State’s Office when it opened at 7 a.m. Monday to turn in petitions. One measure, Initiative 153, would raise the state sales tax by about 6 cents on a $10 purchase, effective Jan. 1, to finance bonds for…
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Anthem squelches ColoradoCare donor debate
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A proposal for the biggest donors to the two sides in the campaign for and against Amendment 69 to face each other in a debate may have been turned down by officials with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. If approved by Colorado voters in the Nov. 8 general election, the amendment would create a $25…
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Reid takes on Stapleton in lively ColoradoCare debate
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Amendment 69 will be an economic disaster, force doctors to flee Colorado in droves, allow taxes to be raised without voter approval and represents a “utopian fantasy world,” according to Colorado State Treasurer Wayne Stapleton. On the other hand, according to ColoradoCare supporters, the statewide health care program, or Amendment 69, would offer more medical coverage to more…
