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More people are now leaving Colorado than moving here from other states

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By Vince Bzdek It’s finally happened. Buried in all the self-congratulatory reports about Colorado reaching the 6 million mark in population last year was news...

The Constitution’s ‘Founding Son’ and his allies

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Constitutional scholar and Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar is on a professional crusade to encourage Americans to understand the U.S. Constitution. He is writing...

GUEST COLUMN: National School Choice Week is something to celebrate

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Great schools change lives. School choice puts families in the driver’s seat. As our nation marks National School Choice Week, America has real momentum to...

A reckoning in Cherry Creek Schools? | Jimmy Sengenberger

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On Wednesday, Superintendent Christopher Smith announced he’s retiring after five years at Cherry Creek Schools. The news should spark a wider district clean-up — but...

Don’t throw a rock at a man with a gun | Mike Rosen

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The biggest accelerant of our political tribalism | Eric Sondermann

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Polis’ ‘libertarian’ streak is a false narrative | Jimmy Sengenberger

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If only walls could talk in Colorado governor’s office | Dick Wadhams

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Women dominate the livestock shows in Denver

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Perspective: Government unions squeeze Colorado’s budget

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Colorado is shrinking — time for our elected officials to take notice | Jon Caldara

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Our leaders are a reflection of us | Pius Kamau

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Greenland is now Colorado’s problem. And that’s a good thing. | Vince Bzdek

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2026 will be a big Democratic year, unless President Trump avoids the ‘sixth-year’ jinx | Bob Loevy

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The fight against online child exploitation

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I remember staying up into the early hours of the morning, waiting anxiously for my husband to come back from undercover work in Southeast Asia....

Enrollment nosedive makes case for school choice | Jimmy Sengenberger

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Since the pandemic, my columns have chronicled a steady downward trend in K-12 enrollment. Now, fresh data from the Colorado Department of Education confirms it’s...

A credibility crisis for Aurora’s public safety chair

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Aurora didn’t just elect Rob Andrews to City Council. The new majority elevated him into one of the city’s consequential roles: chair of the Public...

Aurora must catch up on sales-tax revenue

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Aurora’s long-term fiscal health depends on a basic reality: population growth alone does not pay for city services. Retail and dining activity does. Cities fund...

Political hubris drives tone-deaf pols | Jimmy Sengenberger

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New initiative threatens to dissolve CPW

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PERSPECTIVE: They’re trying — again — to take away our TABOR

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French Revolution comes to Colorado Democrats | Jon Caldara

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GUEST OPINION: Court saw through attack on stoves, science

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Colorado oilmen may play key role in Trump’s Venezuelan oil takeover plan

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A partisan potshot at the CU regents | Jimmy Sengenberger

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A theater of the absurd at Aurora City Hall

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It’s time to restore the military-industrial complex | Mike Rosen

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GUEST COLUMN: When Colorado schools dump unions, they excel

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Address the roots of Colorado’s affordability woes

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Colorado is at a crossroads just in time for today’s opening of the Colorado General Assembly. Individuals and families are not choosing to move here as much as they were....

A ‘defensible ’clemency for Tina Peters? | Jimmy Sengenberger

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Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is scheduled for release from prison in February 2033, after serving 8.25 years for four felonies and several months...

Unsolicited advice to both Republicans and Democrats | Sondermann

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This even-numbered year will be one of political turnover in Colorado with the governor’s chair opening up along with the other state executive offices (attorney...

Ag industry needs real-world solutions

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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 sets federal standards for employees including minimum wage, child labor, and overtime. Agricultural workers have been largely exempt...