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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures

Dec 19, 2022

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Alex Edwards

Outgoing Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, sits down with Denver Gazette for exclusive interviewTom HellauerTomHellauertom.hellauer@denvergazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a3dc80c0a9d47d671f1f3da872cc0a06?s=100&d=mm&r=g Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to…
Wrestling to predict state budget priorities as Trump era launches

Jan 30, 2017

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John Tomasic

Plans being pursued in Washington on major national policy areas such as health care, tax policy and infrastructure development will have enormous impact on state budgets. State officials and experts on state budgeting are wrestling with the uncertainty. State and local government news and policy site Route 50 reports that on Thursday the Urban Institute…
DeGette: 21st Century Cures Act victory threatened by ACA repeal

Dec 13, 2016

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Jared Wright

President Obama has just signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. This landmark legislation makes significant investments in biomedical research. It will lead to new treatments for some of the most vexing medical challenges, including diseases that touch many Americans, such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. But without health insurance coverage, millions of people might…

urban institute

12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures

Wrestling to predict state budget priorities as Trump era launches

DeGette: 21st Century Cures Act victory threatened by ACA repeal