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Census outreach bill clears the Colorado House
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Next year’s federal census may need more help from states than in previous years, according to the sponsors of a bill that has cleared the Colorado House. House Bill 1239 sets aside $12 million for community outreach for the 2020 census, which will be done in a way never attempted before. That’s got pluses and…
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Beckman joins race for Colorado Republican chair
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State Rep. Susan Beckman, a Littleton Republican who was sworn in to her second term last week, announced Monday she’s running for Colorado Republican Party chair in the state GOP’s upcoming March reorganization. Beckman, one of the only Republicans to survive November’s Democratic wave election in suburban Arapahoe County, told Colorado Politics her experience “on…
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Moving opioid prescriptions online gets vigorous House debate
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A bill that would move prescriptions for hard drugs online across the state is scheduled for a final vote Monday, but lawmakers gave the idea a tough debate Friday. House Bill 1279 is supported by pharmacies, almost all of which are equipped to take prescriptions straight from the doctor’s office, rather than handed to them…
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Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
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Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
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Colorado bill to force Medicaid recipients to seek jobs fails in committee
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DENVER – A bill that sought to make Colorado the fourth state to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to hold or look for jobs failed Thursday. Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik, R-Thornton, joined with Democrats to sink Senate Bill 214 on a 3-2 vote by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. She cited the high cost to…
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Colorado Senate bill would add work requirements for Medicaid recipients
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DENVER – The next big fight at the Colorado Capitol gets an opening bell Thursday when a Senate committee hears a bill to make many of those Medicaid get back to work or at least look for a job. Senate Bill 214, sponsored by Republican Sen. Larry Crowder of Alamosa and Rep. Susan Beckman of…
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Marijuana tax spending spree to hit a bump in 2018-19, Colorado JBC warns
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The 2017-18 spending spree that Colorado lawmakers and the governor went on, courtesy of a $56.5 million boost in marijuana tax revenues, won’t be repeated in 2018-19, according to an analysis of those revenues presented this week to the Joint Budget Committee. That led some JBC members to warn fellow lawmakers and the governor that…
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Dave Williams, colleagues return with Senate bill to battle sanctuary politicians, policies
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Republican lawmakers have revived and revamped controversial legislation targeting so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and the politicians who support the policies behind them, although the new bill would only subject elected officials to lawsuits, not criminal prosecution. State Rep. Dave Williams, R-Colorado Springs, vowed in February that he would return with a measure in the GOP-controlled Senate…
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The Hot Sheet – Boulder fearful of Trump, Gov. race ‘free-for-all,’ CO AG pushes back against openness?, a new voice for immigration reform and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 198 | DECEMBER 5, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Start of a new week! We can’t decide whether to hum “Monday, Monday” or “Let it Snow.” Thoughts? Discuss … For political junkies, you could attend a Christmas party this weekend without discussions (speculation) shifting to the 2018 governor’s race or…
