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Swing state Colorado mulls universal health care

DENVER – A new plan for government-run health care that covers everyone is coming from a surprising corner: Colorado, a politically moderate swing state where Republicans and Democrats often...

DATE: Nov 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado asks voters to reshuffle spending of new pot taxes

Sponsors want to keep it related to kids

DATE: Oct 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Uncertainty looms for exchange

DENVER – Colorado insurance regulators insisted Tuesday that they’re ready to open another health insurance enrollment period minus the state’s largest nonprofit health insurer. B...

DATE: Oct 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Universal health care advocates target Colorado

DENVER – Supporters of universal health care loaded boxes of resident petitions off an ambulance and onto a stretcher Friday, launching their campaign to make Colorado the first state to opt...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Feds block push by Colorado to create pot bank

Hickenlooper aide says state officials ‘frustrated’

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State’s largest nonprofit health co-op fails

Colorado HealthOP closure leaves about 80,000 without coverage

DATE: Oct 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State to test new voting machines

DENVER – Amid national anxiety about aging voting machines, Colorado elections officials are testing four types of new machines in elections next month as they move toward upgrades statewide...

DATE: Oct 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As kombucha sales boom, makers ask feds for new alcohol test

DENVER – A tangy fermented tea called kombucha has moved from the natural foods aisle to the mainstream. But it’s also moved into the hot seat amid renewed concerns that it can contain low l...

DATE: Oct 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Marijuana users sue over pesticide use

DENVER – Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit Monday against a pot business they said used an unhealthy pesticide to grow their weed – a case that lawyers say is the first product...

DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State eyes pricey I-70 ski toll

Proposed fees range from $3 to $30

DATE: Sep 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State high court rebuffs school funding challenge

Judges decided the state can slash total education budget if “per-pupil funding” increases

DATE: Sep 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man accused of killing wife after eating pot changes plea

DENVER – A Denver man accused of eating marijuana-infused candy he bought at a legal pot shop and then killing his wife while she described her husband’s erratic behavior on a 911 call has c...

DATE: Sep 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News