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The state Senate on Monday confirmed a key critic of Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation fund, to its board on a 22-13 vote, despite Republicans’ complaints of conflict of interest.
The appointment of John Cevette, chief of staff to Senate President Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, is the latest chapter in an ongoing saga surrounding the quasi-governmental agency. Its top executives and key board members have been blistered over luxury junkets.
Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, urged that the appointment of Cevette by Gov. John Hickenlooper be sent back to committee.
