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JACKHOLES: Exchange Officials Knew of Glitch, Did Nothing for Months
Who knew what? And when did they know it? These are two questions every investigative journalist asks when digging into a scandal. The ‘when’ piece of the puzzle can be especially damaging. If someone knows of wrongdoing long before speaking up, then they look like...
BABYSITTING DEMOCRATS: Lundberg Tries to Address Child Care Affordability, Dems Throw Political Footballs
Colorado has a problem. It's the obscenely high cost of childcare. One State Senator took a stab at trying to fix the problem and, now, is taking barbs instead of thanks. Sen. Lundberg suggested that licensing should be required for only for home child care...
FOR LAUGHS: Gardner Lands Press Club Gig
Sen. Cory Gardner has been sacrificed selected as the comedian co-host of the Washington Press Club Foundation’s congressional dinner next week where he will square-off with tax cheater the Democratic funny man on Capitol Hill, Rep. Charles Rangel from New York. Roll...
TEAM EFFORT: Coffman and Gardner Push Bill to Right VA Hospital Project
Rep. Coffman continued his fight for great veterans services with the introduction of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that will keep the Aurora VA hospital moving forward by naming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the permanent construction authority...
BOULDER FAIL: Erie Rejects Fracking Ban
The nation’s most notorious fractivists -- including criminal emeritus Cliff Willmeng and the man who famously compared fracking to slavery, Wes Wilson –- have been leaning on the town council in Erie (Boulder County, USA) for weeks to ban fracking. So as expected,...
BACKFIRE: Glitch With Colorado Exchange Leaves Thousands Uninsured
Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s healthcare exchange, is officially failing at its reason for existing as 9News reports that potentially thousands of people have been left uninsured by a glitch in the system: The Connect for Health Colorado website had a...
CONGRATULATIONS: Washington Post Names Best Political Journalists by State
The Washington Post's "The Fix" by Chris Cillizza published a report on the best political reporters in each state, and some of our favorites from Colorado were on there. Lynn Bartels deservedly even made the opening paragraph. Here's who made the cut: Charles...
MOTHER RUSSIA: Fractivist Funding Linked to Corruptive Foreign Influences
Anti-fracking environmental groups including some involved in Colorado protests are getting millions in funding from a Bermuda firm with ties to – wait for it – Russian “oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir...
BYE BYE BOUNCY HOUSE: Senate Votes to Require Health Exchange Audit
Today’s vote in the Republican-controlled state Senate to require an audit of questionable health exchange spending and performance is a significant triumph towards bringing order out of the chaos that is our insurance system. As an added benefit, senators also passed...
REGULATION NATION: Yoga Rules Pose Problems for Instructors
The Hickenlooper administration is cracking down on the hazardous occupation of yoga instructors, who apparently have been skirting government oversight that has (not really) regulated this industrial money pot for more than a decade. According to the...