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Press Releases
Oct 17, 2019
SPEAKER BECKER: URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO ADDRESS HEALTH IMPACTS FROM OIL AND GAS
BOULDER, CO — Colorado House Speaker KC Becker today released the following statement after the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released a study indicating health impacts of emissions from oil and gas operations within 2,000 feet of homes and occupied buildings:
Oct 15, 2019
REP. TRACY KRAFT THARP WINS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF COLORADO’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Representative Tracy Kraft Tharp last Thursday received the Economic Development Council of Colorado’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her efforts to simplify tax rules for businesses and promote economic development.
Oct 14, 2019
REP. CARAVEO RECEIVES NATIONAL CHILD HEALTH ADVOCATE AWARD FROM AAP
Representative Yadira Caraveo, MD, FAAP (D-Thornton) today received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) prestigious Child Health Advocate Award during a ceremony at the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Colorado State Capitol.
Oct 10, 2019
REP. MCCLUSKIE: FAMILIES IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL SAVE OVER $10,000 ON HEALTH CARE NEXT YEAR
Representative Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, today released the following statement after Governor Polis announced that the final health insurance rates for plans sold on the individual market will fall by 20.2 percent and that families living in the mountains and some rural areas will save over $10,000:
Oct 1, 2019
“WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING”: STATE-LEVEL OPEN INTERNET BILL SPONSORS COMMENT ON FEDERAL NET NEUTRALITY DECISION
Representatives Leslie Herod and Chris Hansen, the sponsors of Colorado’s net neutrality law, today released the following statements after a federal court blocked the FCC from nullifying state net neutrality laws.
Oct 1, 2019
IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF NEW LAWS BECOME EFFECTIVE TODAY
Important provisions from Colorado House Democrats’ 2019 legislative agenda, including new policies to mandate opioid prescriber training, prohibit minors from entering cigar-tobacco bars and to begin remittance of online sales taxes from marketplace facilitators became effective today.
Sep 20, 2019
JOINT RELEASE: ECONOMIC GROWTH TO CONTINUE IN COLORADO; YET INVESTMENTS CONSTRAINED
Members of the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) today received the September quarterly budget forecasts, which once again predicts continued, but slowing, economic expansion in Colorado, wage growth, and an unemployment rate that is well below the national average.
Sep 9, 2019
REP. MCCLUSKIE STATEMENT ON SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN SUMMIT COUNTY HEALTH INSURANCE RATES
Representative Julie McCluskie (D-Dillon) today released the following statement after Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway announced that Summit County residents purchasing health insurance on the individual market from Peak Health Alliance will see decreases ranging from 39 to 47 percent compared to last year’s premiums.
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