mike kopp
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YESTERYEAR: Owens signs immigration bills, DeGette rips Bush stem cell veto
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Ten Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Bill Owens ended a “scorching hot July” by signing 10 controversial immigration bills that emerged from a special session called at the beginning of the month. The centerpiece of the bipartisan package was a piece of legislation Owens called “the toughest law dealing with…
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Kopp: I am indebted to Bill Armstrong
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The admirers of Bill Armstrong are legion. They seem to share in common this deep sense of indebtedness to a man they saw as a giant but whom they knew as a friend. Yes, their gratitude abounds and it is spontaneous. It gushes forth with little perceived effort the way a brook swells in response…
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Hickenlooper nominates health care exec Donna Lynne as Colorado’s new lieutenant governor
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Gov. John Hickenlooper nominated Kaiser Foundation Health Plan executive Donna Lynne Wednesday to replace Joe Garcia as Colorado’s lieutenant governor and to fill the newly created position of “chief operating officer” for the state. “Donna Lynne is uniquely qualified to take on this role,” said Hickenlooper. “Her background in successfully running large complex organizations —…
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Colorado Health Benefit Exchange may be a slow-moving train wreck
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Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, Colorado must adapt to new federal mandates that will dramatically affect health care costs and the insurance plans available to health care consumers. How will Colorado cope with these new and costly federal mandates? Senate Bill 200, enacted in May, created the…
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Colorado Health Benefit Exchange may be a slow-moving train wreck
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Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, Colorado must adapt to new federal mandates that will dramatically affect health care costs and the insurance plans available to health care consumers. How will Colorado cope with these new and costly federal mandates? Senate Bill 200, enacted in May, created the…