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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Friday August 22, 2025 ( 9 items )  

AFP Warns Coloradans: Beware of Lawmakers' Overspending, Lies, & TABOR Attacks Amid Special Session
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Warns Coloradans: Beware of Lawmakers' Overspending, Lies, & TABOR Attacks Amid Special Session * # Aug 21, 2025 by AFP DENVER, CO -- As Colorado's 75 th General Assembly's first special session kicks off, Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) urges Coloradans to beware of politicians' efforts to increase spending, undercut the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TA  more

Bloom Healthcare Urges CMS to Support Home-Based Primary Care for Complex Patients
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Bloom Healthcare, Lakewood, Colorado, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining critical recommendations for the upcoming Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule for 2026. As a major provider of home-based primary care, the organization is focused on supporting complex, high-needs Medicare populations. In the letter, Bloom expressed appreciation for CMS's ongoing commitment to enhancing primary care, partic  more

Colorado Lawmakers Admit They Were Wrong on AI: A Cautionary Tale for Other States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Colorado lawmakers admit they were wrong on AI: A cautionary tale for other states By James Erwin Colorado will begin a five-day special session today to repeal the left-wing artificial intelligence law Democrat Governor Jared Polis signed last year. Colorado Democrats have admitted the Colorado AI Act was a mistake and provided other states with a cautionary tale for regulating AI, b  more

Colorado Spartans Arena Football Team Joins Teamsters
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Colorado Spartans Arena Football Team Joins Teamsters * Press Contact: Maura Drumm Phone: (215) 510-3735 Email: MDrumm@teamster.org (DENVER) - Members of the Colorado Spartans, a National Arena League professional football team, have voted to join Teamsters Local 455. The players and coaches organized for improved health care, better retirement benefits, and job prot  more

Congressman Crow Works to Protect Reproductive Health Care for Coloradans
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Crow Works to Protect Reproductive Health Care for Coloradans * AURORA -- Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) held a meeting with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains today in Aurora. He was joined at the roundtable by Jack Teter, Vice President of Government Affairs for PPRM. The conversation coincided with Colorado's General Assembly holding a Special Session this week to address a ne  more

Exabeam Research: AI Supercharges Insider Threats, Now Outpacing External Attacks
BROOMFIELD, Colorado, Aug. 22 (TNSrep) -- Exabeam, is a cloud-native security operations platform that leverages AI and automation to help organizations detect, investigate, and respond to security threats, issued the following news release: * * * Exabeam Research: AI Supercharges Insider Threats, Now Outpacing External Attacks 74% report AI is making insider threats more effective, and 53% expect insider threats to increase * BROOMFIELD, Colo. & FOSTER CITY, Calif. - August 21, 2025 - Exab  more

Gen. Whiting at SOUTHDEC 25: Invest in space, secure the future
PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: * * * Gen. Whiting at SOUTHDEC 25: Invest in space, secure the future * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. - As Russia and China seek to expand their influence in space, U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting urged greater international cooperation to safeguard the domain at the South American Defense Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20, 2025. The three-da  more

NRC Event Notification: U.S. Army Reports Lost Radioactive Gauge
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSoth) -- The U.S. Army has reported the loss of a moisture density gauge to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Troxler model 3440+ gauge, containing 8 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Americium-241/Beryllium, was last seen on June 29, 2025, at Fort Carson, Colorado, before it was supposed to be shipped to Fort Hood, Texas. Despite extensive searches at both military installations and contact with the manufacturer, Troxler, and the shipping carrier, the   more

Pettersen Helps Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Designate Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Pettersen Helps Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Designate Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day * WASHINGTON - Today, in recognition of National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) joined her colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution to formally designate August 21 as Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. This resolution, she hop  more