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The federal government has approved a Colorado reinsurance plan designed to lower premiums for individuals buying insurance on the state health care exchange, Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Premiums next year for 400,000 Coloradans — about 8% of those buying insurance on the exchange — will drop by more than 18% with a reinsurance plan…

Just one day after Senate President and acting Gov. Leroy Garcia defaced the governor’s office — it’s a joke, kids, relax! — the other governor, Jared Polis, won a spot on the executive committee of the National Governors Association. The NGA will be chaired in the coming year by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, with New York Gov. Andrew…

Senate President Leroy Garcia is about to get a brief promotion. Thursday, he will be the state’s temporary chief executive, as both Gov. Jared Polis and Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera are scheduled to be out of the state. He intends to sign a couple of proclamations in Pueblo, according to a spokesman, although they wouldn’t…

You know the saying, sing it with me: Whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting. However, in the past week, water was for drinking and fighting — or at least a little trash-talking. The annual American Water Works Association’s water-tasting competition came to the Mile High City last week. This is a North American competition, with 28 contestants…

Sometimes the world of politics in which Capitol M occupies a small space intersects with another world: that of music. Regular readers of  this space may remember that Capitol M also plays the Celtic harp well enough to get paid for it, and is a regular performer at events in the Celtic community around the…

There was an outbreak of Shakespeare recently: Sage Naumann, the Senate GOP spox, has become the go-to on a lot of funny stuff this session (bumper stickers, for example). He recently tweeted his alleged dismay over the photo-bombing behavior of one Sen. Jeff “The Dude” Bridges, D-Greenwood Village. “Democrats talk a big game about obstruction, but…