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Think tank’s economist publicly lambasts homeless study but privately has ‘no problems’ with method

Oct 23, 2022

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BY LUIGE DEL PUERTO

While the Colorado Fiscal Institute publicly lambasted a report on homelessness, the senior economist prominently cited in its criticism said he privately has no problems with the methodology in a text exchange with one of the study’s authors. “I dug deep into your research methodology and had no problems with it especially giving the range,” Colorado…
Almost $2 billion allocated to tackle homelessness in metro Denver over 3 years, study says

Oct 21, 2022

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BY JESSICA GIBBS

Local governments and nonprofits are on track to spend nearly $2 billion over a three-year period to tackle homelessness in some counties in the Denver metro area, according to a new study by a nonpartisan think tank. The explosive growth in spending from 2021 through 2023 reflects the gravity of the challenge that the public…
SPONSORED CONTENT: Your health care at risk: It’s time to make your voice heard

Oct 25, 2019

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Tim Brown

Medical Care When it comes to health care, we can all applaud the efforts of our elected officials to improve access and affordability. Unfortunately, a recent proposal misses the mark and puts both the quality of our health care system and access to care at risk. On October 8, Gov. Jared Polis’s administration unveiled a…
SPONSORED: Common Sense Policy Roundtable releases ballot guide

Oct 17, 2018

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Tim Brown

CSPR examines the economic and fiscal impacts of ballot questions The Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR) released a ballot guide this week to assist voters with some of the most critical issues on the November ballot. “We believe the more informed policymakers and voters are, the better decisions will be made for the benefit of…
Q&A w/Kristin Strohm | Republican rainmaker and agent of change

Jun 4, 2018

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

So, what is to be done about the unholy alliance between money and politics? Policy wonks and editorialists wring their hands over that perennial talking point, but streetwise insiders say the answer’s simple: Get yourself a good fundraiser. And Colorado’s center-right political realm has found just that in the Starboard Group and its president, Kristin…
Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler announces campaign advisory team

Aug 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler announced the members of his campaign advisory team Tuesday, and the roster includes some of the leading political operatives in the state. Brauchler’s team includes Kristin Strohm, managing partner and founder of political consulting firm The Starboard Group; Sean Tonner, Colorado president of national marketing and media giant R&R Partners; former state…
One Colorado to honor Pat Steadman, Jean Dubofsky, Rathod Mohamedbhai and Kaiser

Jul 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Twenty-one years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Colorado’s Amendment 2, One Colorado Education Fund is honoring two attorneys who played key roles in the case – former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Jean Dubofsky and former state Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver – at the LGBT-rights organization’s annual Ally Awards fundraising event. Dubofsky, the first woman…
Conservative group sounds alarm over health care’s rapidly rising share of Colorado state budget

Apr 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s state budget has jumped by more than 19 percent over the last decade, measured in constant dollars, a free-market think tank says in a report delivered at the Capitol this week as lawmakers weigh next year’s budget. And nearly all of that increased spending has gone to health care, the study by the Common…
? Coffman, Carroll both claim momentum in state’s tightest congressional contest

Oct 20, 2016

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Ernest Luning

When state Sen. Morgan Carroll addressed Arapahoe County Democrats the night of Sept. 24 at a fundraising dinner in Aurora, she sounded the alarm over the stakes of the upcoming election and struck an optimistic note about her chances to defeat U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the incumbent Republican who has represented the battleground seat for…
The Hot Sheet, July 26, 2016

Jul 26, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 138 | JULY 26, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS CEO and Editor-In-Chief Jared Wright DENVER – Well, none of us can say we didn’t see the rough and tumble conventions for both parties coming from miles away right? Happy Day # 2 of the Democratic National Convention … and All or Nothing Day (more encouragement for…