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Hickenlooper, Brown advocate for Congress to fund children’s health insurance
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and his Oregon counterpart, Kate Brown, took to the phones today to urge Congress to reauthorize the federal health insurance program for kids and pregnant women. Hickenlooper told reporters on the conference call that about 75,000 children and 800 pregnant women are at risk of losing their federally-funded health insurance. Money…
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Trump’s reduction of national monuments draws impassioned reactions in Colorado
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s environmentalists and Democratic politicians blasted President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he would drastically reduce the size of two wilderness national monuments in Utah. Some asked whether federal land in Colorado would be next. “In Colorado, we value our lands because they are part of our fabric and they strengthen local economies,”…
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Doug Friednash, chief of staff to Colorado’s Governor Hickenlooper, moving on
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Doug Friednash, chief of staff to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, is leaving his post to rejoin his old law firm, according to an announcement Monday from the governor’s office. Friednash has been chief of staff since 2015. He is a former state lawmaker and assistant attorney general. He will rejoin the firm of Brownstein Hyatt…
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Environmentalists criticize Lamborn for statement about Browns Canyon
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WASHINGTON – Environmental advocacy groups are accusing Colorado U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of making a false statement this week during a congressional hearing on a bill to limit the president’s authority to designate federal land as national monuments. Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, said he never was invited to any meetings to discuss a proposal to designate…
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Noonan: Oil and gas ‘sides’ need to move forward to secure public safety
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Both “sides” in the arguments over oil and gas development say the other is “taking advantage” of the explosions in Firestone and Mead. This should not be a time for sides. This should be a time for serious analysis. It can also provide an opening that should, for the sake of everyone in the state,…
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Democrats celebrate Colorado as ‘pocket of sanity’ amid national election results
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Colorado Democrats celebrated sweeping wins across the state on Tuesday night at a hotel in downtown Denver, but the election-night watch party felt more like a wake as the national map on large-screen televisions slowly turned more and more red, depicting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s win over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton carried the state’s…
