Trump undercuts Obamacare as governors push for bipartisan Murray-Alexander fix
As President Donald Trump continues his assault on Obamacare — halving the enrollment period, cutting low-income subsidies and slashing marketing budgets by 90 percent — a bipartisan group of governors…
Hickenlooper calls out Trump’s move to repeal EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday pushed back against the Trump administration’s plan to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which dramatically reduces emissions from coal-fired power plants…
Colorado lawmaker dismayed by gun violence but offers solutions beyond banning bump stocks
After the obligatory “thoughts and prayers” statements from members of Congress have died down in the wake of the nation’s worst mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 2, the…
Colorado DACA recipients headed to Washington to rally support for Dream Act
Advocates for the DREAM Act to protect recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are mobilizing all over Colorado to pressure members of Congress to finally act on an…
Relieved Hickenlooper now hopes Congress turns to bipartisan fixes for ailing ACA
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper — a relentless champion with Ohio Gov. John Kasich of bipartisan health care reform — on Tuesday expressed his relief that the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal…
Hickenlooper, Kasich lead bipartisan governors opposed to Cassidy-Graham ACA repeal
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday joined a group of nine other governors in opposing the Senate’s last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act before a Sept. 30 deadline,…
DACA deal ‘fairly close’ even as Colorado jumps into legal fray to protect Dreamers
Caught in a legal crossfire between red and blue state attorney generals over DACA, President Donald Trump on Thursday said he’s “fairly close” to striking a deal to preserve the…
Gardner, Bennet team up to cosponsor DREAM Act to protect DACA recipients
More bipartisanship wafted out of Colorado toward Washington on Tuesday, like so much smoke from western wildfires. But will it matter for DACA recipients who saw their dreams of citizenship…
One Dreamer’s quest for citizenship — from childhood to college degree to DACA deadline
At age 21, Alex Trujillo has accomplished a lot in life. He’s an SOS Outreach graduate and former SOS Sherpa who mentored other at-risk kids, and he’s a graduate of…
Sept. 5 deadline looms for DACA — a nightmare for Colorado Dreamers
DACA recipients, more commonly as “Dreamers”, have been heavily in the news of late — for all the wrong reasons. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was put in…
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