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With new wolf pup — or pups — Colorado wildlife director insists on non-lethal response to livestock killings
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The chief of Colorado Parks & Wildlife insisted that “non-lethal” means of managing wolves that kill livestock is crucial especially now that the two wolves brought to Colorado have a pup. “And we believe that there are more pups within the recently named pack,” Jeff Davis said in a round of letters in June with…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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Colorado House committee approves ‘reinsurance’ bill intended to lower health premiums
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A Democratic state lawmaker hopes a bill approved by the House Health and Insurance Committee Wednesday will lower the cost of health insurance premiums for Coloradans “who just can’t take it anymore.” But the measure is opposed by hospitals – particularly in rural Colorado – that don’t want to see their provider rates cut. House Bill 1168 would…
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Rep. Dan Thurlow challenging Sen. Ray Scott in GOP primary, flirted with unaffiliated bid
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State Rep. Dan Thurlow, a Grand Junction Republican, plans to announce Saturday he’s challenging state Sen. Ray Scott in the GOP primary, although he first considered running for the seat as an unaffiliated candidate, Colorado Politics has learned. Thurlow, who has represented House District 55 for two terms, asked supporters in an email Friday to…
