(DENVER) - The Department of Health and Human Services' Inspector General recently released a scathing report on Connect for Health Colorado's (Colorado's Obamacare exchange) staggering misuse of federal grant funds. The report, aptly titled, "Colorado Did Not Correctly Expend Establishment Grant Funds for Establishing a Health Insurance Marketplace" calls for Colorado's exchange to refund the federal
(DENVER) - Colorado Senator-elect Lois Court announced she wishes her taxes were higher, in a Joint Budget Committee meeting earlier this week. She also added she believes many of her constituents would also like to be paying higher taxes. During the revenue forecast and strategic planning session, a discussion of Colorado’s Gallagher Amendment and projections
DENVER – Today, Colorado Senate Republicans announced a new committee, the Select Committee on Energy and Environment, created specifically to bear a portion of the workload that may come from an expanded relationship with Washington under the Trump administration. The formation of this committee signifies the beginning of real progress that improves Coloradans lives, in lieu of
DENVER – Today, journalist Peter Marcus posted a piece on coloradopolitics.com, a project of the Colorado Springs Gazette, posing the question “With Hillary out of the way, is Hick looking more presidential?” and outlining the Washington Post's argument that in the current political environment, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper might be presidential candidate material.Is Hickenlooper looking more presidential? After years of
DENVER — Liberal congressional candidate Gail Schwartz flatly refused to say where she stands on statewide socialized medicine, Amendment 69. If passed, the ballot proposal would impose socialized, single payer health care on every Coloradan by raising taxes and doubling the size of state government. “Voters deserve to know where liberal Democrat Gil Schwartz stands on what
DENVER – In the battle for control of the Colorado State Senate, every race is critical. Beyond the political battles at hand, candidates in swing districts across the state find themselves engaged in battles of ideas on how best to move Colorado forward.That is, except for one crucial race.Senate District 27, encompassing Aurora, Centennial and
DENVER – Late last week Governor John Hickenlooper released an ad boosting four Democrat state Senate candidates with the national “social welfare,” dark-money, not-for-profit, America Votes. America Votes is reported to be funded in large part by George Soros, a massive donor for far-left and socialist causes. In fact, according to Wikileaks emails, Hillary Clinton’s staff considered
DENVER – Wikileaks’ latest release of Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta’s emails includes an absolute bombshell of a revelation that could turn a Colorado statewide race on its head. Democrat candidate for CU Regent at Large Alice Madden wrote Podesta in November of last year regarding Governor John Hickenlooper’s impending lieutenant governor vacancy, and who might best
DENVER – Life is good for Alice Madden.After announcing her candidacy for CU Regent at Large, Madden was offered and accepted a six-figure job at the very university she seeks to govern. Even better for Madden, as she excitedly wrote in an email to Democrat Regent Linda Shoemaker on June 4, the job would pay her a full-time salary
DENVER – In the wake of Wikileaks’ release of thousands of Democratic Party officials’ emails, much of the public’s attention has been focused on the national implications of the unearthed messages. But there is a Colorado twist to these leaks, and this twist explains a great deal in terms of liberals’ political strategy in the Centennial
