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Anti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant. Scientists say there’s no evidence it harms the environment or people. While there is no scientific evidence that abortion medication is contaminating Americans’ water supply, it has nonetheless become a central claim by the anti-abortion movement.… Read more »

It's been four months since a shooting incident at a Colorado medical clinic in the Jefferson County foothills forced that facility to shut its doors. On Monday morning, CommonSpirit Primary Care Evergreen reopened after making some changes. In February, a 62-year-old man took his own life after firing 19 rounds into the clinic with a shotgun and causing extensive damage. First… Read more »

In a memo obtained by Meidas Touch Network, a group of Members of Congress have demanded a list of people who have applied for taxpayer-funded payouts from the Trump Administration’s controversial $1.7 billion slush fund. The 3-page memo, which was submitted to the Justice Department and Treasury Department, said the “conflicting” statements from the Trump Administration about the future… Read more »

A proposed commemorative coin would channel resources into counseling, scholarships, and long‑term support for grieving firefighter families Communities stop in their tracks when a firefighter dies in the line of duty. Each tragedy brings an outpouring of support from neighbors, elected officials, and media. But most people never see what happens next, behind closed doors, after the… Read more »

Colorado voters overwhelmingly approved funding to pay for free school meals for students with the passage of Proposition FF in 2022. Now one of the main proponents of the Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) initiative wants to make the wildly successful program a national model. As a press release from the office of Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) explains: U.S. Representatives… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, were set to kick 9,000 Coloradans off food benefits on Friday, according to Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen. HR1, or “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was signed into law in July 2025, strips benefits from refugees, asylum seekers, and other non-citizens, even if they have… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, introduced the Babies on Board Act today alongside Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO). This bipartisan legislation closes the stroller loophole in air travel. Every airline in the United States operates with a contract of carriage, which details reimbursements by the airline for… Read more »

Congress is mounting a broader push to close long‑standing drinking‑water gaps in tribal communities across the Western United States. Legislators have introduced two bills aimed at securing water rights, modernizing aging systems and directing federal dollars toward regions facing some of the most persistent water‑access challenges in the country. The proposals include the Agua Caliente… Read more »

U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) announced she has requested tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for 20 community projects across Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. Pettersen’s projects include efforts to expand access to affordable health care in rural areas, bolster wildfire prevention efforts, upgrade critical water infrastructure, and more.  In Park… Read more »

In 2022, CURA Strategies published the second edition of our Health Policy Profiles — a biennial resource dedicated to helping health care stakeholders identify and understand incoming Members of Congress most likely to shape health policy on Capitol Hill.  The 2022 edition spotlighted the “Top 12 to Watch” from the incoming freshman class of the 118th Congress — individuals we… Read more »