hospital provider fee
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Cadman plays down Coffman opinion; digs in for hospital fee budget battle
Senate President Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, played down news Monday that Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman officially agreed with state Democratic leaders that reclassifying the state’s hospital provider fee would be constitutional. Cadman also minimized the same opinion when it was offered a little more than two weeks ago by former Attorney General John Suthers, a…
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Hospital provider fee debate set to intensify
The political tension around the state budget that has flared intermittently this legislative session will grow hot and steady at the end of March. House Democratic leaders said Tuesday that they plan in March to team debate on the budget “long bill” with a push to to avoid more than $350 million in cuts by…
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VIDEO: Tim Leonard on his appointment to the legislature, Constitutional issues
Rep. Tim Leonard, R-Evergreen, the newest member of the Legislature, is playing catching up. Tapped last month to replace former Rep. Jon Keyser, R-Morrison, who resigned to run for the U.S. Senate, Leonard told The Colorado Statesman he is focusing on reining in spending and pressing the case at the Capitol for lawmaking that strictly…
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Republican Sandgren launches challenge to Salazar
Former middle school biology teacher Jessica Sandgren kicked off her campaign to challenge state Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, Wednesday night surrounded by House Republican leadership and several elected officials from Adams County. House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, who introduced Sandgren at her campaign launch at the Thorncreek Golf Course clubhouse, recalled that voters in…
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Cordero: Hospital provider fee should be addressed at Legislature
A Feb. 1 article in The Colorado Statesman outlines the National Federation of Independent Business’s opposition to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposal to shift the hospital provider fee into an enterprise fund. In it, Colorado NFIB members’ opposition is attributed to a belief that “reworking the fee so that it is no longer controlled by the…
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Neville FASTER bill about more than transportation spending
A transportation bill dealing with how $15 million in funding is allocated is closely tied to the main battle underway at the Capitol this year over the budget. The bill, sponsored by influential Republican Sen. Tim Neville, a candidate for U.S. Senate this year, offers a conservative policy alternative to a plan being pushed by Gov.…
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In meetings with rural groups, lawmakers defend stands on hot-button hospital fee makeover
Rural advocacy groups representing 59 of the 64 counties in Colorado joined forces at the Capitol Thursday to press legislators on their biggest issues. Group members said they desperately need funding to shore up failing rural transportation, education, healthcare and communication systems. As a result, much of the conversation Thursday centered on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s…
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Group looks to turn up heat on Crowder, any other would-be ‘constitutional arsonist’
The rolling skirmish over a plan to rework the state’s hospital provider fee at the Legislature is intensifying, even in the absence of any legislation for the opposing parties to wrangle over. Conservative advocacy group Advancing Colorado unleashed a broadside Wednesday against state Sen. Larry Crowder, R-Alamosa, who has signaled he may be open to…