dianne primavera
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Sights and sounds from the Polis inauguration
As seen at Tuesday’s inauguration of Colorado’s 43rd governor, Jared Polis: Little lighting up or phone foolery: As much as Colorado’s new governor is a friend to the cannabis industry, there was no readily noticeable toking up in the crowd at the ceremony among the several thousand who stretched from the west steps of the…
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Polis sets ‘Blue Sneaker Ball’ to celebrate inauguration
Gov.-elect Jared Polis will be sworn in as Colorado’s 43rd chief executive on Jan. 8 at the State Capitol, with a party scheduled for that evening that will include a concert, local fare and the chance to browse exhibits at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The public is invited to attend the inauguration…
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Stapleton picks Rep. Lang Sias as GOP running mate
With a backdrop of military aircraft and heroic leadership as a setting, Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton announced a state legislator and former Navy Top Gun pilot, Rep. Lang Sias, as his running mate. Stapleton revealed his choice at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver on July 11, honoring Sias,…
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Stapleton taps running mate — but plans to keep selection secret for awhile
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…