colorado poltics
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Herod, Michaelson-Jenet get high-profile praise for mental health advocacy
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Colorado Reps. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, and Dafna Michaelson-Jenet, D-Commerce City, were honored Wednesday for their work on mental health issues. They were lauded at Mental Health America’s Regional Policy Council breakfast in Los Angeles, coinciding with the National Conference of State Legislators’ Summit. Herod, who is leading a sales tax ballot measure called Caring 4…
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Coffman: Trump administration is shifting blame on border policy
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The Department of Health and Human Services is suggesting that politicians visiting the U.S.-Mexico border are slowing down family reunifications – and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman thinks that accusation is absurd. “I think that HHS is already trying to insulate itself by blaming members of Congress for its failures,” the Aurora Republican said Thursday. “Raising…