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Colorado lawmakers want answers on prison system’s inmate math

Feb 21, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and a legislative working group that will convene for the first time Wednesday are scrutinizing how the Department of Corrections estimates how many beds – and ultimately how much money – the state needs for inmates. Lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, are holding up a budget request from the prison system, questioning…
Inmate Hepatitis C treatment costs questioned

Jan 18, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

It costs the Colorado Department of Corrections $57,000 to treat each of 32 inmates infected with Hepatitis C with expensive new drugs that have had a 100 percent success rate. That cost did not sit well with members of the Colorado House and Senate Judiciary committees when the Joint Budget Committee presented the figures during…
Nicolais: In 2017, Legislature’s judiciary committees are in good hands

Jan 4, 2017

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Mario Nicolais

For the Colorado Legislature, the new year means new bills and new issues to tackle under the gold dome. In one of the legislative chambers, the state Senate, this new season in state politics will also mean plenty of new faces as well. Even before the session convenes on Jan. 11, the judiciary committees will begin their work.…
What, no football? The Thanksgiving holiday spent with some of Colorado’s legislators

Nov 28, 2016

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Brian Heuberger

OK, a few did manage to watch some of the ballgames Turkey pardoning aside, Thanksgiving is a time for political puff-pieces. So, in retrospect of this year’s food-filled holiday of grace, here’s a well-deserved “puff-piece” for our hard-working and fierce campaigning Statehouse candidates … Thanksgiving provided Colorado’s politicos – many of them still recovering from…
Contests for legislative leadership taking shape in tumultuous election year

Oct 27, 2016

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Ernest Luning

There’s more than one election looming within the next couple of weeks in Colorado. Two days after voters finish casting ballots on Nov. 8, state lawmakers – including what could be more than a dozen newly elected legislators – are scheduled to gather at the Capitol to elect leadership positions for the 71st General Assembly.…
The Hot Sheet, March 18, 2016

Mar 18, 2016

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Jared Wright

By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Good morning and happy Friday. As we head into a full weekend of county assemblies for both the Democrats and Republicans, good luck to each of you, whether you are a volunteer, a donor, a delegate, an alternate, campaign staff or the candidate. Pat yourselves…

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Colorado lawmakers want answers on prison system’s inmate math

Inmate Hepatitis C treatment costs questioned

Nicolais: In 2017, Legislature’s judiciary committees are in good hands

What, no football? The Thanksgiving holiday spent with some of Colorado’s legislators

Contests for legislative leadership taking shape in tumultuous election year

The Hot Sheet, March 18, 2016