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ICE owes local hospital nearly $4 million for care provided to Aurora immigrant detainees

This story was first published at CPR News. DENVER | Since last fall, the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora says they have provided roughly 150 hospital admissions, clinic appointments and emergency visits — totaling almost $4 million in expected reimbursements — for immigrants detained by the Department of Homeland Security. They haven’t been […]

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Rollins and Evans defend SNAP work requirements after Colorado roundtable

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans on Tuesday defended funding cuts and work requirements Republicans added to federal food assistance programs that have led to thousands of Coloradans losing benefits.  Rollins and Evans, a Fort Lupton Republican, hosted a roundtable […]

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EDITORIAL: Primary is over. Voters need to know how candidates will stop, reverse damage by Trump

Now that the Colorado Primary Election is in the rear-view mirror and party candidates are reshaping their campaigns for November, Job One for almost every candidate is to explain to voters how they would right the U.S. government ship that President Donald Trump has run aground. Any candidate for Congress, governor or even county commissioner […]