{"id":2457747,"date":"2020-04-27T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324964"},"modified":"2020-04-27T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:33:08","slug":"colorado-joins-west-coast-states-in-coronavirus-response-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-joins-west-coast-states-in-coronavirus-response-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado joins West Coast states in coronavirus response pact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado aligned itself Monday with other Democratic-run states in the West, joining a regional pact as it begins to reopen sectors of the state\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

Gov. Jared Polis<\/a><\/i> announced Colorado has joined California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada in the Western States Pact. The pact is a working group of governors with similar ideas for modifying stay-at-home orders and battling the spread of coronavirus<\/a><\/i>. The governors of all five states are Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cColoradans are working together to slow the spread of COVID-19 and have important information to share with, and to gain from, other states. I\u2019m thrilled Colorado is joining the Western States Pact,\u201d Polis said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Western States Pact operates under three vague principles: that health concerns come first; that health outcomes and science, not politics, guide decisions; and that the states are more effective when working together.<\/p>\n

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