david balmer
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YESTERYEAR: Legislature’s Dem minority presses hot-button Medicaid funding issue
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… Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Democrat state legislators were making their opinions known on what they contended was a poor handling of Medicaid funding by the Republican majority. The minority party in both chambers had kicked off the 1997 legislative session clashing early and often with GOP leadership over Medicaid. One Senate…
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Democrat Sullivan challenges Tate for Senate District 27 seat
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The father of an Aurora theater shooting victim launched his run Tuesday against state Sen. Jack Tate, R-Centennial, who was appointed to represent the heavily Republican Senate District 27 in December. Democrat Tom Sullivan — a retired postal worker, Air Force veteran and member of the AFL-CIO Colorado executive board — has been a regular…
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VIDEO: Wist goes off the cuff, appraises first days in legislature
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The Colorado Statesman caught up with newly appointed Rep. Cole Wist, R-Centennial, an attorney at Holland and Hart, last week to talk about his adjustment to life under the Gold Dome. Wist didn’t provide a clear answer about who so far among the army of lobbyists at the Capitol is his favorite, but he was happy to talk…
