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First new Colorado law of 2018 could help nurses travel to and from other states

Nov 17, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

What very well could be the first bill to pass in the next legislative session holds some mighty big stakes for Colorado’s more than 86,000 nurses who have licenses that allow them to work in more than two dozen other states. A group of legislators were meeting with nurses at the state Capitol Thursday about…
Fair Districts Colorado brings in chairman with deep pockets: DaVita’s Kent Thiry

Oct 26, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

Kent Thiry, CEO of the dialysis company DaVita, has been named chairman of a nonpartisan redistricting reform coalition. Fair Districts Colorado, which last week filed three proposals for ballot initiatives on redistricting, announced Wednesday that Thiry would lead the coalition. Thiry is the latest to join the political battleground over redistricting, which draws congressional boundaries every…
Colorado open primary bill advances over bumpy terrain as negative ad hits airwaves

May 8, 2017

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John Tomasic

Debate inside and outside the Legislature around how to best implement the state’s new voter-approved open primary elections has grown hotter by the hour as the legislative session barrels toward closing day. On Monday, the Senate advanced Senate Bill 305 to the House. The bill is meant to guide the secretary of state’s office in…
Davita CEO Kent Thiry is officially undecided on run for Colorado governor

Apr 12, 2017

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Joey Bunch

Kent Thiry is one of the most interesting names being floated for Colorado governor. The Republican business titan and public policy do-gooder, however, has lot of open doors into the state’s political arena, but hasn’t yet decided which way he might step, a close political adviser said Wednesday afternoon. Thiry, the 61-year-old chairman and CEO…
Republican Mitchell blasts fellow gubernatorial candidate Brauchler as ‘yet another lawyer’

Apr 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

That didn’t last long. After announcing he was running for governor of Colorado early Wednesday morning, Republican George Brauchler enjoyed a honeymoon that lasted just six hours before the attacks started coming. “Attorney Brauchler is a fine fellow – a pretty good lawyer,” read a back-handed compliment from fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell. “He’s…
Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018

Apr 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
Democrat Mike Johnston reports record fundraising in gubernatorial campaign’s first quarter

Apr 4, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston plans to report that his first-quarter fundraising topped $625,000, a sum his campaign says sets a modern record. The former state senator from Denver said Monday he raised more campaign cash in a quarter than any other state candidate has in a non-election year since the advent of strict campaign…
Jackson and Wasden: Presidential candidates should follow Denver’s leadership overseas

May 17, 2016

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Douglas Jackson

Now that both parties have decided on the presumptive nominees for the 2016 presidential election and Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump make their case to Coloradoans, it is easy to find the stark differences between them on any number of issues – from terrorism to trade to taxes. In a highly partisan campaign environment, it…