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In a victory for special districts across the country, last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act. The legislation (H.R. 2766), which is sponsored by Representatives Pat Fallon (R-TX) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), cleared the committee on a strong, bipartisan vote of 32-8. To view the committee's action on… Read more »

KEY TAKEAWAYS  ASA applauds 25 bipartisan lawmakers for urging CMS to withdraw policies that would remove coverage of non-opioid pain treatments. Peripheral nerve blocks are a safe and effective non-opioid pain treatment that has been covered by CMS for decades. ASA, a coalition of pain medicine organizations, and bipartisan members… Read more »

DENVER — State lawmakers are set to discuss a bill Wednesday that would require social media companies to respond to search warrant requests quicker. HB26-1255 was created in response to the shooting at Evergreen High School in September. v Denver7 was told then that the FBI was looking into social media posts made by the 16-year-old shooter, just two months before he critically… Read more »

All six Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation — led by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen — demanded yesterday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “immediately” stop holding people for “extended periods of time in small, confined rooms that are meant to be a temporary holding space.” In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s Acting Director Todd… Read more »

DENVER, Colorado — A recent article published by the Colorado Times Recorder shares that federal immigration authorities have been using United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facilities throughout the state. Their investigation uncovered nine, prompting calls from the state's Democratic congressional delegation for answers. ICE is categorically denying that… Read more »

Six Colorado Democrats on Wednesday demanded answers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on the agency’s apparent violations of its own rules governing the detention of immigrants in holding rooms in nondescript locations across the state. Scrutiny of the facilities follows a March 8 investigation by the Colorado Times Recorder, based on information from… Read more »

Filas de seguridad más largas, retrasos en vuelos y escasez de personal de la TSA se están volviendo cada vez más comunes en los principales aeropuertos de Estados Unidos mientras el segundo cierre del gobierno en seis meses se prolonga durante una de las temporadas de viaje más concurridas. En el Aeropuerto Internacional de Denver —el principal aeropuerto comercial… Read more »

Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen is co-sponsoring a bill that would require Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) officers to be paid during government shutdowns. “Going without pay is difficult for anyone. I know I couldn't go without being paid for an entire month. I and so many people are in that same position,” Pettersen said. The legislation is called… Read more »

Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen is co-sponsoring a bill that would require Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) officers to be paid during government shutdowns. “Going without pay is difficult for anyone. I know I couldn't go without being paid for an entire month. I and so many people are in that same position,” Pettersen said. The legislation is called… Read more »

The GEO Group has to renew its contract to operate a facility in Aurora that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using to detain hundreds of people facing deportation. But as ICE looks to expand its reach in Colorado, local activists and politicians see the contract extension as an opportunity to shut the Aurora complex down and nix plans for a new detention… Read more »