Tag: Colorado Succeeds
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Proposal outlines $300M deal separating Pinnacol from Colorado state government
Colorado lawmakers are weighing a proposal that would allow Pinnacol Assurance to sever its remaining ties to the state in exchange for a $300 million payment, a long‑debated shift that supporters say could stabilize the insurer’s future and help plug a looming budget shortfall. A draft of the bill obtained by Colorado Politics spells out…
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Split vote by Colorado Title Board stops ballot push to privatize Pinnacol Assurance
The Colorado Title Board, a three-member panel that sets the language for ballot measures, recently reversed a prior decision and blocked a proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance from moving forward. The main issue decided by the title board is whether a ballot measure meets the state’s constitutionally mandated single-subject law and whether its content fits…
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Colorado title board OKs language of ballot measure to privatize Pinnacol Assurance
The state’s title board on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve the wording of a ballot measure that would allow Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s workers’ compensation insurance provider of last resort, to privatize. Behind ballot measure No. 218 is Colorado Succeeds, a coalition of business leaders focused on education. The proposal would allow Pinnacol to become…
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Colorado business coalition moves Pinnacol privatization fight from Capitol to voters
The future of Pinnacol Assurance is moving away from the governor’s office and the legislature, with a new ballot initiative aiming to privatize the insurer and use the proceeds to expand job training across Colorado. Colorado Succeeds, a coalition of business leaders focused on education, is pursuing a ballot measure to allow Pinnacol, the quasi-government…
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Common Sense Institute names Kelly Caufield as its new Colorado leader
The Common Sense Institute tapped Kelly Caufield on Friday as executive director of the research organization’s Colorado branch. Denver-based Caufield will take the reins in Colorado as Kristin Strohm, the organization’s president and CEO, focuses on expanding the Common Sense Institute nationwide. Currently, the Common Sense Institute operates in Colorado and Arizona, with plans to…