Author: Thelma Grimes
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Colorado special session bills: What you need to know
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislators have begun proposing bills for Thursday’s special session, when they will need to figure out how to plug a nearly $800 million budget shortfall. Only a handful of the measures introduced so far…
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Rural Reckoning | What does rural Colorado want to see in the next governor?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 2026, Colorado voters will head to the polls to select the next governor. With Gov. Jared Polis terming out, that new state leader will take over at the start of 2027. When Colorado Politics asked Polis what advice he is going to give to…
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Rural Reckoning | From support to disapproval, rural sentiment shifts against Gov. Jared Polis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • Once upon a time, Marsha Daughenbaugh supported Gov. Jared Polis from her working cattle and hay ranch some 8 miles outside of Steamboat. “Let me preface this,” Daughenbaugh said, while making day-before preparations for a Fourth of July gathering for family and friends, before…
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Rural Reckoning | Front Range counties dominate Colorado’s population and political influence
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To Paul Lundeen, the numbers reveal the truth about how well Colorado’s 53 rural counties are represented — or not — at the state Capitol, particularly when compared to the 11 most populous counties that hold the most influence. Lundeen, who recently served as the minority leader…
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Rural Reckoning | Beset by constant budget pressures, rural hospitals serve patients — and local economies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s rural hospitals are teetering on the edge of financial collapse, burdened by rising costs, shrinking reimbursements and a growing list of state and federal regulations, according to the Colorado Hospital Association. In Colorado, half of the 88 acute care hospitals are in rural or…
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Front Range water providers force hearing over proposed purchase of Colorado River water rights
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Water Conservation Board on Tuesday voted to approve a request from four Front Range water providers to hold a hearing in September to address worries with a proposal to create an instream water right, which is related to water used by the Shoshone…
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Colorado challenges Medicaid data transfer to ICE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is joining a multi-state coalition in filing a lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to provide access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Filed in the U.S. District Court…
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Gov. Polis, Western governors voice worries over proposed sale of public lands
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SANTA FE, N.M. • Before scheduled sessions got underway at the annual Western Governors’ Association conference in Santa Fe on Monday, Democratic governors, including Colorado’s Jared Polis, emphasized their opposition to a federal proposal to…
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U.S. agriculture secretary plans repeal of Clinton-era ‘Roadless’ rule
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SANTA FE, N.M. • The Trump administration on Monday announced it would repeal a Clinton-era rule on logging in order to improvement forest health and reduce wildfire risk. The repeal does not affect Colorado. In 1999,…
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US Secretary of Education McMahon, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis discuss education changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SANTA FE, N.M. • Colorado Gov. Jared Polis led a panel discussion with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Monday, the opening day of the Western Governors’ Conference in Santa Fe. The keynote session focused…