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  • Finances may have improved at RMHS after negative 2015 audit

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    Mike McKibbin

    Just over a year after a Denver auditor’s report found a nonprofit provider of services to the mentally and developmentally disabled residents of the City and County of Denver had mismanaged city funds, the picture is much better, City Council members were recently told. Rocky Mountain Human Services, formerly called Denver Options, serves over 6,000…

  • Lao-Hmong veterans among those honored for service during Vietnam War

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    Ernest Luning

    Four Lao-Hmong veterans and the surviving son of a fifth were among 76 Vietnam-era veterans honored at a ceremony hosted by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter on Friday at Red Rocks Community College. One after another, an officer read off their names, their branch of the military and the years they wore the uniform, and then…

  • Colorado veteran-care bills speed through Senate, championed by Pueblo’s Garcia

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    John Tomasic

    State Sen. Leroy Garcia is an understated lawmaker who is probably best known for working to win greater accountability from the electrical utilities that serve his native Pueblo and, more recently for his efforts to combat the opioid epidemic plaguing rural Colorado. But Garcia is also an Iraq War veteran Marine, and his dedication to…

  • Veteran, 99, from Lakewood to get honors from Perlmutter

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    JOEY BUNCH

    Buford Johnson never rose above the rank of Army private first class during World War II, but heroism for a veteran isn’t measured in stripes. The 99-year-old Lakewood resident will receive his many medals and ribbons anew on Friday morning from U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. His honors include the Bronze Star for heroism and the…

  • Noonan: Red meat bill strategy wastes time and money at the Legislature

    Noonan: Red meat bill strategy wastes time and money at the Legislature

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    Paula Noonan

    Patrick Neville, House minority leader from Castle Rock, said at the state GOP’s Capitol Club gathering that, “We’re going to make sure we push some good red meat bills.” For those confused by the term, those are school choice, religious freedom, Second Amendment rights and abortion. News stories outlining Neville’s assurances were published in this very publication.…

  • Perlmutter sets commemoration ceremony for Vietnam-era vets

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    Ernest Luning

    U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter plans to hold a Vietnam War 50th Commemoration Ceremony on Friday, March 24. All Vietnam-era veterans in Colorado are eligible to receive the Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin at the ceremony. The ceremony is part of an ongoing national program to honor all Vietnam-era veterans – military service members who were on…

  • Nicolais: State RFRA bill dies a faster, quieter death

    Nicolais: State RFRA bill dies a faster, quieter death

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    Mario Nicolais

    A perennially contentious proposal, this year’s religious freedom restoration bill, HB 17-1013, died a faster, quieter death than in years past. Sent to the state House committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs – a Democratic “kill committee” – in January, the bill’s fate was a foregone conclusion. While the political tumult over the bill declined dramatically,…

  • Colorado bill adding PTSD as qualifier for marijuana crosses important first hurdle

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    Peter Marcus

    State lawmakers on Monday offered hope to throngs of veterans who have for years been asking the state to add post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee unanimously backed the legislative proposal, offering a symbolic endorsement of the normalization of medical marijuana. The bill…

  • Colorado lawmakers could allow marijuana for PTSD; a hurdle remains

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    Peter Marcus

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect that the hearing originally scheduled for Tuesday on the PTSD medical marijuana bill has been postponed. Post-traumatic stress disorder would be eligible for medical marijuana treatment in Colorado under a proposal in the legislature. Advocates believe this is the year to finally add PTSD as a qualifier for…

  • Yes, the FBI is now investigating the Aurora VA hospital

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    Tom Ramstack

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing allegations that Veterans Affairs Department officials lied to Congress to cover up huge cost overruns at a hospital being built in Aurora. The Justice Department revealed the FBI investigation in a Dec. 9 letter to Congress that was made public a week later. The projected cost of the…

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