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In the past, Democrats have poured millions of dollars in Colorado's 6th District to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman , with little success. Now, Democratic challenger and combat veteran Jason Crow is on the ballot, and strategists say if he can win, Democrats can feel confident about taking back the House.
Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to headline a high-dollar Denver fundraiser in late September for Colorado Democrats, including gubernatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. The event, set for Sept.
Dave Ruppel, Air and SpacePort Director of SpacePort Colorado, has his eyes on the future as the former Frontrange Airport transitions from an airport to a spaceport in Aurora.
It's more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally ready to open in suburban Denver with the promise of state-of-the-art medical care. The $1.7 billion Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center made it through nearly a decade of management blunders, legal battles, federal investigations and congressional hearings.
It's more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally opening in suburban Denver on Saturday with the promise of state-of-the-art medical care. The $1.7 billion Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center made it through nearly a decade of management blunders, legal battles, federal investigations and congressional hearings.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Republican Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado about the effort to force a vote on the Deffered Action for Childhood Arrivals - people brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
But nothing came without struggle, and even after lawmakers wrestled over how to spend a $1.3 billion revenue surplus this year, some key programs are still far from fully funded. "Even though is historic and significant, it's not enough," said Scott Wasserman, president of the Bell Policy Center.
In this May 20, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., speaks in the state Capitol in Denver. A federal judge on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, ruled that Lamborn should be on the Republican primary ballot, finding Lamborn would likely prevail in a lawsuit contending his dismissal from the ballot in April was unconstitutional.
In this May 20, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., speaks in the state Capitol in Denver. Lamborn filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in a last-ditch bid to get his name back on the GOP primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he must be kicked off it because his campaign did not gather petitions correctly.
Rep. Doug Lamborn filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday in a last-ditch bid to get his name back on the GOP primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he must be kicked off it because his campaign did not gather petitions correctly. Colorado law requires congressional candidates to gather signatures from 1,200 party members in their district.
The congressional career of six-term Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs was thrown into jeopardy after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that he should be kept off the primary ballot in June. While the decision - that Lamborn's re-election campaign improperly gathered voters' signatures to land a spot on the ticket - is unlikely to mean his 5th Congressional District seat leaves GOP hands, it injects the very real prospect that a fresh face will take over after years of unsuccessful challenges to Lamborn's reign.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions does not like marijuana, and the feds could crack down on Colorado's booming industry at any time. But hemp - marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin - has a powerful ally in Washington.
Rep. Mike Coffman said Thursday that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin did not do enough to change the problematic structure within the agency. " Dr. Shulkin did nothing to change the culture within the Department of Veterans Affairs, and there's a calcified layer at the top at the most senior executive services levels that have failed our veterans year after year after year," Mr. Coffman , Colorado Republican, said on CNN.
Hailing from a distinguished political family and armed with impressive qualifications of his own, Levi Tillemann's entrance into the 6th District Democratic primary last summer raised eyebrows and generated party fears of in-fighting prior to the general election against five-term Republican incumbent Mike Coffman. But Tillemann's campaign appears to be teetering on the edge of irrelevancy after a stretch of disappointing fundraising and being overlooked for a key endorsement earlier this month.
That's useful shorthand for understanding the electorate in Colorado. The longer version goes like this, according to the Secretary of State's most recent count: Out of 3,305,245 active voters, there are 1,050,246 registered Democrats, 1,044,731 Republicans and 1,149,303 unaffiliated voters.
Five years after the state voted to allow recreational use of the drug, more states have legalized marijuana. What does Colorado's experience teach us? We're far from CLEARING THE SMOKE over recreational marijuana use.
Oregon governor Kate Brown recently wrote to her state's two Democratic senators warning that federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program will run out in December. About two months after federal funding lapsed for the Children's Health Insurance Program, state officials still don't know exactly when they'll run out of money or when Congress will renew funding - leaving families that depend on the program increasingly anxious about their benefits.
The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Department hospital is shown in east Denver, Oct. 4, 2017. A watchdog arm of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that the agency's Denver-area hospital violated policy by keeping improper wait lists to track veterans' mental health care.
DENVER Cary Kennedy, one of a handful of Democrats vying for the nomination for Colorado's governorship in 2018, on Tuesday unveiled a plan to bring single-payer health care to Colorado in the vein of what Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., has floated for years. Under her proposal, all Coloradans would pay into the state's Medicaid program, Health First Colorado, or the state employee health plan.