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RFK Jr. urges governors to make America healthy again at National Governors Association
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. visited Colorado Springs to urge Gov. Jared Polis and other state leaders to combat a “poison” that’s “bankrupting our states”: processed foods. Held Saturday at The Broadmoor, Kennedy sat down with multiple governors at the…
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Gov. Polis discusses future of education with U.S. Ed. Secretary McMahon, entrepreneur Mark Cuban
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis revealed the culmination of his work as both the state’s highest elected official and chairman of the National Governors Association in improving public education Friday during the association’s summer meeting. Pulling from his own initiatives spearheaded in Colorado and innovations in education…
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Senate approves bill that moves space-focused National Guard units, Polis says Air Force refused to negotiate
The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after facing opposition from every governor in the country. The Senate-approved National Defense Authorization Act moves two of the seven space-focused National Guard units in Colorado, the 137th Space Warning Squadron, based in Greeley, and the 138th Electromagnetic…
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Matthew McConaughey, Ukraine’s Zelensky highlight National Governors meet
SALT LAKE CITY • Everything is not all right, all right, all right in America, Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey told a rapt crowd at the National Governors Association meeting here on Friday, alluding to presidential politics and bitter partisanship. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky followed him onto the same stage a couple of hours later and explained…