by Kaiser Health News chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner
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CO Catholic Bishops Oppose Vaccine Mandates Partly Because of Abortion
Colorado’s Catholic bishops are vocally opposing vaccine mandates, saying vaccination is not “morally obligatory” despite the high covid-19 death toll and citing their anti-abortion stance and their skepticism of government mandates related to “personal conscience.”
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‘Time’s Up:’ At Rally, CO Care Workers Call on State to Convene a Wage Board To Review Industry Practices
Today, a rally was held in front of the office of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) to demand that the department convene a wage board to review safety practices and wages in the care worker industry.
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‘Is It Going To Take More Tragedy for Us To Grow Up?’ CO Environmentalists React to U.N. Climate Change Report
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report Monday revealing, once again, the dire state of the climate crisis.
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Signs Point to Possible But Difficult Road to Victory for GOP Activists Who Want to Opt Out of Primaries
With a crucial vote coming before the Colorado Republican Party’s state central committee next month on whether to continue allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in Republican primary elections, recent voting records of that governing body indicate that grassroots Republicans hold power over establishment members, and could indicate that the state GOP will opt out of open primary elections.
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Mesa County Clerk Almost Certainly Took My Pillow CEO’s Private Jet to Election Conspiracy Conference
“Cuz we’re leaving on (private) jet plane. Details to come… #TruthWillAlwaysPrevail”
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Bennet Challenger Campaign Announcement Contains Misleading Claims
Eli Bremer Republican Eli Bremer, a former Olympian and Air Force veteran, officially announced his candidacy to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) yesterday.
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Civil Rights Groups Urge CO Redistricting Commission to Allocate Inmates Based on Residency, Not Prison Location
On Monday, a coalition of Colorado-based civil rights organizations published a letter urging the Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions to reallocate the prison population to their home communities, in order to prevent racial bias from contaminating the new maps for Colorado congressional and legislative districts.
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Here’s Who’s Running to Unseat Jared Polis in Colorado’s 2022 Gov Race
Update 4/20/22: This post has been updated to reflect additional candidates that have entered or left the race.
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CO GOP Selects Member of QAnon-Linked Conspiracy Group That Organized Jan 6 Caravan As Its ‘Election Integrity’ Chair
The chair of the Colorado Republican Party’s new committee to safeguard the state’s elections is also a member of and working closely with a QAnon-linked election fraud conspiracy group.