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Link to original article A bill U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen plans to introduce in Congress will allow hospitals across the country to get reimbursed for distributing opioid overdose-reversal treatments to people at risk for an overdose.  Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat who is vocal about her mother’s experience recovering from an opioid addiction stemming from a pain-management… Read more »

Original Article Here The newly minted congresswoman has targeted Medicaid and treatment reforms. In one of her first major speeches since she arrived in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen stood before the House and talked about her mom. “Like so many Americans, my mom has struggled with an opioid addiction,” Pettersen, a former state senator who now represents central Colorado,… Read more »

The original article can be found here Legislation would protect mobile homeowners and renters by setting minimum standards for tenants in manufactured housing This week, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced legislation alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Fetterman (D-PA) that would provide… Read more »

Full Article Can be Found Here Housing reform advocates gathered for an event Monday night to tout efforts from Colorado lawmakers at the state and federal level to increase affordable housing access.  U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, state Rep. Iman Jodeh, an Aurora Democrat, as well as representatives from YIMBY Denver and Denver New Liberals came… Read more »

Full Article Can be Found Here Two of Colorado’s Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would create a federal grant program to provide rural law enforcement agencies with naloxone, a medicine to reduce opioid overdose deaths.  U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Lakewood led the introduction of the bipartisan bill alongside Washington Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse,… Read more »

Full Article Can Be Found Here CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) - The Cotter Uranium Mill in Cañon City closed in 2011, yet more than five million tons of toxic waste at the Superfund site hasn’t been cleaned up. Now, a U.S. legislator is getting involved. U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in May with concerns about the… Read more »

Full Article Can Be Found Here DENVER — Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen introduced a bipartisan bill that aims to study the mental health effects of active shooter drills and lockdowns on students, teachers, parents, and school staff. The goal is to determine best practices surrounding the drills and standardize those throughout the country. The School Safety Drill… Read more »

Full Article Can be Found Here Local nonprofit Watershed Inc. was awarded a US EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant in the amount of $979,222 to fund the environmental remediation of the McGinnis Gymnasium. A “brownfield” is any property that is disused due to real or perceived contamination. The McGinnis Gym is contaminated with asbestos, lead paint and mold, which must be… Read more »

Full Article Can be Found Here COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The future of thousands of Dreamers, young adult immigrants brought to the United States as children, is up in the air. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, was initially created nearly a decade ago by the Obama Administration as a temporary way to safeguard immigrants from deportation.… Read more »

Full Article Can Be Found Here ‘Politics doesn’t make it easy to be a parent’: Mothers in office hope a new report about representation draws attention to the challenges they face.  Moms with minor children are grossly underrepresented in Congress, according to a new report that highlights the barriers to their involvement in federal office — and are far outnumbered by… Read more »