Our Work
A new report from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership finds Colorado tied for fourth among the states for supporting walking, bicycling, active kids and active communities.
The team here at the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) is busy with work that we hope will contribute to a healthier world, starting with a new survey of health care providers.
Thirteen weekdays (and three more CHI blogs) remain in this legislative session. Nearly 650 bills have been introduced, and at last count, fewer than 100 have crossed the finish line and received a signature from Governor Hickenlooper.
When the new Colorado Springs Health Foundation invited us to speak with its board members about health care issues in its region, we were eager to pull together data and analysis. But first, we wanted to learn more about the foundation. Its executive director, Cari Davis, spoke with us about this new addition to the Front Range philanthropic community.
Congratulations to Ethiopia’s Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa for winning the elite men’s and women’s divisions of the Boston Marathon today. They each finished in less than 2 ½ hours. Talk about a fast clip. Inspired by all of the Boston Marathon runners, the Colorado Health Institute is keeping a fast pace in the office this week as well. We have presentations, reports and blogs galore.
We love the legislature, and we’re passionate about tracking health bills — but even we can admit that our weekly legislative blogs have become a bit verbose. Extended. Detailed.
They’re long.
We welcomed two new co-workers and published a new independent analysis of ColoradoCare this week.
We spent the past two weeks tracking the budget, House Bill 1405, which passed the Senate on Thursday on a 30-5 vote. But a lot more has been going on at the Capitol.
You have a big decision to make. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it is one of the biggest public policy decisions in the history of Colorado statehood.
Thursday 1:30 p.m.: Public health advocates are breathing easier this afternoon, now that the Senate has wrapped up its debate on amendments to the Long Bill.
This post concludes our rolling budget blog. We will post budget updates next week in our regular legislative blog. Thanks for following along.