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Relieved Hickenlooper now hopes Congress turns to bipartisan fixes for ailing ACA

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Bennet blasts Trump support for RAISE Act to slash legal immigration

Bennet blasts Trump support for RAISE Act to slash legal immigration

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday tweeted that President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce legal immigration by 50 percent and make it a more merit-based system will harm not help…

Hickenlooper cheers removal of Canyons of the Ancients from Trump hit list

Hickenlooper cheers removal of Canyons of the Ancients from Trump hit list

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday lauded a decision by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to essentially leave Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado alone, with…

Colorado SOS Williams hits back at Trump election commission after Kobach comments

Colorado SOS Williams hits back at Trump election commission after Kobach comments

Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams late last week pushed back against the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity after its co-chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, said Colorado voters…

Thumbing nose at Trump on Paris Accord, Hickenlooper joins U.S. Climate Alliance

Thumbing nose at Trump on Paris Accord, Hickenlooper joins U.S. Climate Alliance

Back in the fall of 2016, when it looked like Hillary Clinton would win the White House and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper might join her cabinet, I wrote a story…