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FINALLY: State’s Healthcare Boondoggle in GOP Crosshairs
The dedication to rewriting Obamacare’s costly mess and returning our health care system to some semblance of normalcy was evident in the beginning days of the state legislature where Senate President Kevin Grantham called for the repeal of the state health exchange....
HISSY FIT: Gardner Presides Over Senate as Democrats Act Like Children
That was U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner presiding over the Senate floor when the budget was approved Thursday that includes a blueprint for Republicans to vote on an alternative to Obamacare. Democrats staged a mini-protest to voice their displeasure at losing the House,...
PAY UP: Environmentalists’ Wish List, Enhanced
Conservation Colorado, having spent $1.3 million on statehouse elections, has unleashed their list of demands on lawmakers to do the bidding for which they’ve been paid. Or at least that’s our impression. There is nothing surprising in their demands, just the same old...
NOT SO FAST: Speaker Duran Forgets Washington-Style Past
Yesterday, during her speech as the newly-elected Speaker of the Colorado State House, Crisanta Duran suggested the the State House keep "Washington-style politics" at bay. Here is her exact quote: "And it’s true: there can be a disconnect between the issues people...
TRANSLATED: Hickenlooper’s State of the State What He Said, What He Meant
The Denver Post, as usual, posted Governor Hickenlooper's "State of the State" address in its entirety, which gives us the opportunity to fully critique the Governor's speech line-by-line. Thanks for that. Instead of giving a high-minded review of the speech as a...
POWERFUL IDEA: Hick Abandons a Stupid One
Trump hasn’t even moved into the White House and already he’s having a positive effect on Colorado’s energy business. That’s because Gov. Hickenlooper has decided to abandon his wayward plan to impose extreme carbon emission cuts from the power sector by 35 percent....
SNOW JOB: When Too Much is Bad for Business
The forecast fears of the climate change doomsayers have finally come true — global warming has severely reduced the snowpack at area ski resorts crippling the industry. That’s sarcasm. Climate change has brought so much snow to Colorado, we can’t drive or ski on it....
FIRST DAY OF #COLEG: Mardi Gras, Burrito Diplomacy, and Flowers
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VAPE THIS: National Park Service Oversteps Its Authority?
The National Park Service wants to ban vaping in the great outdoors. Not because it sparks false forest fire smoke signals, which we’ve mistaken it for, but because it might be bad for the health of the vapee. We were not aware the park service had merged with the...
REINING IN POWER: Colorado Lawmakers Taking the REINS
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner isn’t wasting any time rolling back President Obama’s rush to rule in his final days in the White House. House Republicans last week passed a key piece of legislation to rein in the excessive regulatory power displayed by Obama, and Gardner is...
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