dianne primavera
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Stapleton taps running mate — but plans to keep selection secret for awhile
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Walker Stapleton has a running mate, but the Republican gubernatorial nominee is in no hurry to let anyone know who it is. After winning the four-way GOP primary a week ago, the two-term state treasurer has “offered the position to a well-qualified candidate,” a Stapleton campaign spokesman told Colorado Politics on Tuesday, and the candidate…
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Committed to universal health care, Polis launches listening tour
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis hit the road Tuesday to talk about health care on the Western Slope. His running mate, former state Rep. Dianne Primavera, is joining him. During the Democratic Primary, Polis committed to universal health care. Though popular with Democrats, Amendment 69, called ColoradoCare, was drubbed on the ballot in 2016. Colorado…
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Polis picks former state lawmaker Dianne Primavera as running mate
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, the Democratic nominee for Colorado governor, plans to tap former state Rep. Dianne Primavera to be his running mate, Colorado Politics has learned. Polis, a five-term U.S. congressman from Boulder, plans to introduce Primavera, a former counselor and the CEO of a nonprofit that fights breast cancer, during what the campaign…
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Urge lawmakers to put a stop to non-medical switching now
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Isn’t it logical that health care should be about improving a patient’s health? “Non-medical switching” is a heartbreaking example of when it isn’t. It is the term used to describe how patients, oftentimes with chronic illnesses, are forced by their insurance plan to take less expensive medications that, studies show, are often less effective. It…
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Thanks to the ACA, there are safeguards for the victims of breast cancer
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This year, more than 40,000 American women will die of breast cancer. Over 250,000 will get the devastating news that they have the disease. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among Colorado women. One in seven women in our state will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Those are startling…
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Primavera will co-chair Women’s Legislative Caucus
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Former state Rep. Dianne Primavera, D-Broomfield, has replaced former state Sen. Suzanne Williams, D-Aurora, as co-chair of the Colorado Women’s Legislative Caucus. Williams stepped down from the position she held for several years along with former state Rep. Amy Stephens, R-Monument, now a principal with Dentons, who continues in her role as a co-chair. The…
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Primavera: Confronting a real, live bureaucratic nightmare
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Last week the leadership of the General Assembly approved my request for an interim committee, to meet between the 2016 and 2017 legislative sessions, to study the client notifications and client correspondence sent by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. At first glance, it might seem that this correspondence might be a rather…
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Lawmakers, right and left, vote to retain Columbus Day
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After an emotional hearing that continued for hours, the House State Affairs committee on Monday voted down a bill that would have removed Columbus Day from the state’s holiday calendar. Long-shot House Bill 1135, sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, brought testimony by Native Americans and others opposed to celebrating Christopher Columbus. Witnesses cited atrocities…
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The Hot Sheet, March 18, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Good morning and happy Friday. As we head into a full weekend of county assemblies for both the Democrats and Republicans, good luck to each of you, whether you are a volunteer, a donor, a delegate, an alternate, campaign staff or the candidate. Pat yourselves…
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The Hot Sheet, March 3, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright_@JaredWright_ Thursday, March 3, 2016 DENVER – Happy Thursday, the day when Mitt Romney ups the rhetoric against Donald Trump, and Fox News flips off a switch in hopes Marco Rubio will begin to feel the pain (or at least an absent, cold shouldered feeling). “If you believe that your…
