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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce

President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Democrats are planning a bill to remove Colorado’s unique barrier to union organizing. But Gov. Jared Polis is “leery.”

The Worker Protection Act will be backed by Denver Democratic Reps. Javier Mabrey and Jennifer Bacon, as well as Sens. Jessie Danielson of Wheat Ridge, and Robert Rodriguez, also of Denver.

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Coloradan tapped to lead Department of Energy likely to expand fossil fuel production, decenter climate change

Chris Wright, Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, has acknowledged climate change is real, but said in a video he made last year that “there is no climate crisis.”

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Denver homeowners can skip rezoning hearings: ADUs now allowed in neighborhoods citywide

The housing units are smaller, secondary residential structures that can be built on the same lots as traditional single-family homes.

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Why did the Denver mayor’s affordable housing sales tax measure fall short? Lack of a clear plan, for starters.

Observers, supporters cite multiple factors in voters’ narrow rejection of $100 million-a-year plan.

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Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband.

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Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter.

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Trump names Denver fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.

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NYC politicians call on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for saying bakery denied order over politics

Representatives for Goldberg didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Saturday.

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Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors