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A Republican-backed Medicaid bill could strip health coverage from millions, including 108,000 Coloradans, by imposing work requirements and cutting enrollment access, critics warn.

GOP lawmakers in swing districts insist they will not vote for any proposal that strips benefits, placing them at odds with more conservative lawmakers looking to secure deep cuts in spending.

Medicaid cuts loom over House Republicans' budget reconciliation. Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo. says the "right reforms," like work requirements and stopping "improper" spending, could save money.

Lopez is seeking the Republican nomination for Colorado’s highest- elected seat for a third time.

Senator Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a zoom call last week to discuss the legal ins and outs of the current administration. The host of the call was Indivisible, a progressive nation-wide grassroots movement that started as a way to pressure local officials to resist President Trump’s agenda.

State Sen. Mark Baisley, Rep. Scott Bottoms will try for the Republican nomination.

Kathleen Curry, a Democrat from Gunnison, announced this month she’s running for Colorado House District 58. Curry previously served three terms as a representative in the State Legislature, changing her party affiliation in 2009 from Democrat to unaffiliated. She later lost reelection. Curry told Colorado Politics that when she left the Democratic Party in 2009 she was frustrated with the party system in general. In June, Curry changed her voter registration back to Democrat and subsequently began a bid for House District 58. If elected, Curry says changing her party affiliation will help her constituents, in part because of the realities of where the legislature is at in terms of party control.

For the first time, a majority of Americans are not church members, according to a recent poll. That could have long-term consequences for Republicans, long affiliated with more religious voters.

Following her removal from her leadership position last week, Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney is only viewed favorably by 18 percent of Republicans…

One of the races in the 2014 Republican primary election is for the Colorado Board of Education seat in the 3rd Congressional District. KSJD's Tom Yoder…