Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter joins KOA News Radio to discuss Colorado's response to COVID-19 and the House bill that would provide relief. Listen to the full interview here. Read more

There for a brief moment, perhaps, the Republicans and Democrats agreed on something this week: the fight against coronavirus, and its suspected arrival in Colorado, is serious. Members of the delegation reacted Thursday as the state's first two reports of the potentially deadly illness were announced, after Congress approved an $8.3 billion funding package to take on the illness. The Coloradans in Congress sent a jointly signed letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the De... Read more

Through an executive action called “Healthy Adult Opportunity,” the Trump Administration is poised to overhaul the fundamentals of Medicaid, a state-federal health insurance program for low-income people, putting the elderly, children, and other poor people at risk of losing coverage or benefits. Colorado’s congressional Republicans are largely keeping quiet on where they stand, while most Democrats oppose the change. The Trump program, which some say over-steps presidential authority and underm... Read more

One small step for man, one giant leap for womankind. NASA is expected to move forward in the coming weeks with Artemis, a program designed to land the first woman on the moon in preparation for sending crews to Mars. “Our calling is to go farther into the solar system than ever before,” reads NASA’s Artemis website. “To prepare for Mars we must study and prove new human deep space capabilities on our Moon.” No one has been to the moon since 1972 despite the federal government’s aim to do so by ... Read more

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter on Thursday introduced a bill to extend the U.S. Department of Labor’s ombudsman through 2025, a move intended to further assist former workers of the old Rocky Flats nuclear facility in Jefferson County. “These workers risked their lives to protect our nation and helped end the Cold War,” Perlmutter said. “This has been one of my top priorities because we must ensure these patriots receive the compensation and care they need and deserve as they deal with the health conse... Read more

Six House Democrats on Wednesday asked World Bank President David Malpass to explain an August meeting with the Ukrainan president amid President Trump’s decision to withhold defense aid from Ukraine. The lawmakers voiced concerns that Malpass’s meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug. 23 in Kyiv could be seen as a part of Trump’s pressure campaign that resulted in his impeachment. “Even the perception of impropriety by leaders of the Bank has the potential to undermine its core... Read more

Donald Trump, are you listening? The press release didn't say it, but the message screamed off the page with the news about the bipartisan groundbreaking for the expansion of a aerospace facility in Arvada Thursday. The night U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, stood with Trump in Colorado Springs, as the president said he hadn't yet made up his mind where he would locate the U.S. Space Command, if he wins a second term in November, but El Paso County is still strongly in the mix. Ea... Read more

When Jane, a 45-year-old Arvada resident, applied for housing assistance in 2015, she was hoping to obtain a housing voucher to pay the rent, find her own apartment and quickly get back on her feet. But the voucher from the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program didn’t come through until Jan. 15 this year. Until now, she has depended on the kindness of others, staying with her mother, her daughter and a childhood friend. “It’s not been easy living in Arvada,” said Jane, who asked that ... Read more

Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter and Senator Cory Gardner join 850 KOA to discuss the Safe Banking Act, which would allow weed related businesses to use the banking system. Those businesses currently have to deal in cash. Listen to both interviews here. Read more

No one can explain what it’s like to be a high schooler in 2020 like teens themselves. That’s why a group of young people from Jefferson County visited Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. today, February 5, 2020, to speak to their Congressman, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), about the problems they face and the supports they need. The 14 youth research interns are with Jefferson County Communities That Care (CTC), an evidence-based community change process facilitated by Jefferson County Public Health... Read more