In calling off a merger with religiously-affiliated hospital group Centura Health, Grand Junction’s Community Hospital will remain free to offer reproductive health services like birth control and sterilization to its patients.
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OPINION: Countering Radio Hosts’ ‘Lies’ About a Program That Saves Lives of Those with the Disease of Addiction
Colorado has a great opportunity to improve the health and protect the safety of its citizens, but it is slipping away because of fear and ignorance.
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Lawmaker Wants Colorado County to Consider Becoming an “Oil and Gas Sanctuary”
After a handful of Colorado counties declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, rejecting a proposed law that allows judges to take guns from dangerous people, a Colorado lawmaker now wants her county commissioners to consider not enforcing state laws regulating the oil and gas industry.
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Neville Family Launches Recall Effort Against Minority Leader’s Colleagues
House Minority Leader Patrick Neville’s threats to recall his own colleagues aren’t just words anymore. He’s endorsed his caucus’ fundraising committee, run by his brother Joe, which has launched recall efforts against at least two Democrats.
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State Senator Vicki Marble Says She Wants to Secede
State Senator Vicki Marble (R-Fort Collins), the third ranking member of her party’s leadership team, proposed secession as “recourse” to a “global agenda,” represented by a bill to strengthen health and safety rules for the oil & gas industry.
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Job killing! Fast Track! Opposition to New Oil and Gas Regulations Looks Like 2008 All Over Again
The oil and gas industry, and its Republican allies, are returning to the tactics they used in 2008 when they opposed new oil-and-gas regulations proposed by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission, which had been reconfigured the year before.
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Here’s How YOU Can Try to Have Your Denver Pot Conviction Vanish from Your Public Record
If you got hit with a low-level marijuana conviction in Denver before pot was legalized, you might be able to get it stripped from your public record.
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Community Activists Show Support for Local Minimum Wage Legislation Ahead of House Committee Hearing
Last Monday, state lawmakers introduced a bill that would repeal a 20-year-old law prohibiting local city governments from setting a minimum wage in their communities.
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Buck Says Former GOP Leader Would Handle State Party’s Day-to-Day Strategic Duties
If elected later this month to lead the Colorado Republican Party, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) would hand over the day-to-day strategic duties of the Republican Party to former Colorado GOP leader Steve House.
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Senate Legislation Aims to Pilot a Public Option Health Insurance Program
State Sen. Kerry Donovan (D-Vail) and State Rep. Dylan Roberts (D-Eagle) are co-sponsoring a bill that outlines a public health insurance pilot program aimed at lowering costs and providing more options for consumers in rural and mountain communities.