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DPS pillories a board member to elude scrutiny | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 days ago

In May 2022, Denver school board members Scott Esserman and Auon’tai Anderson publicly humiliated a Manual High JROTC instructor at a meeting of parents and...

Aurora’s water policy could redefine the West | Michael A. Hancock

Updated 3 days ago

Turn the tap in Aurora and water flows. Most residents never think about what it takes to make that happen. But behind that simple act,...

GUEST OPINION: Time to sunset some zombies

Updated 3 days ago

Every Halloween we see people dressed as zombies, imitating the catatonic and clumsy evildoers in nearly 600 bad movies. In Haitian folklore, a zombie is...

Let’s not scrap Colorado’s congressional map | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 5 days ago

Colorado’s Attorney General Phil Weiser is hoping to drag our state into a national partisan arms race to redraw congressional maps. Last week, the Democrat...

PERSPECTIVE: Spending more on fewer students

Updated 6 days ago

How to build faith in Colorado’s mail-in ballots | CALDARA

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Judge halts Lakewood’s shell game | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 1 week ago

COLUMN: ‘Fees,’ ‘tariffs’ — taxes by another name | Jimmy Sengenberger

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COLUMN: The absolute worst measures on this year’s ballot | Mike Rosen

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PERSPECTIVE: Fostering Colorado’s future scientists

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COLUMN: Impact of a new Walmart beef facility | Rachel Gabel

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COLUMN: Cycles of genocide disrupted | Pius Kamau

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Colorado’s changing role as policy lab | CALDARA

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Hickenlooper, Bennet give Polis a pass on Medicaid cuts | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 weeks ago

Is DPS’ board on the verge of needed change? | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

In 2021, then-Denver school board member Auon’tai Anderson was censured after a district investigation found he’d aggressively pursued inappropriate relationships with underaged students and intimidated...

GUEST OPINION: Yes on 2G; elect all Denver officials by majority

Updated 2 weeks ago

Kevin Flynn Darrell Watson Officials who represent a citywide constituency should be elected by a citywide majority. That’s a basic principle of democracy, and it’s...

COLUMN: Jimmy Kimmel can’t hide behind the First Amendment | Mike Rosen

Updated 2 weeks ago

Jimmy Kimmel’s recent “firing” (actually, a mere one-week suspension) as host of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for his false, tasteless, and asinine remarks about Charlie...

Aurora stands up to Polis’ power grab | Michael A. Hancock

Updated 2 weeks ago

Aurora has experienced rapid growth in recent decades. With new neighborhoods, transit corridors and shifting demographics come tough land-use choices: where to build housing, protect...

Jeffco teachers’ union failed to vet its ‘Cleanup Crew’ | Jimmy Sengenberger

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Protection set for La Jara Ranch | Gabel

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GUEST COLUMN: Serving Colorado’s kids, one charter at a time

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Perspective: End I-70’s winter wipeouts

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Perspective: What we want are warriors

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There’s nothing ‘vibrant’ about Denver debt

Updated 3 weeks ago

Another free-speech case Colorado deserves to lose | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

Two years after Oct 7, a call for ‘goodness’ | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 4 weeks ago

America’s condition as measured by one dismal weekend | Sondermann

Updated 4 weeks ago

The latest effort to rewild southeastern Colorado | Rachel Gabel

Updated 4 weeks ago

Perspective: Financial fraud’s true cost

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado’s financial fraud is getting worse, following a national trend at the worst possible time. The state’s population of fraud-susceptible seniors is growing. Economic headwinds...