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Colorado tiptoes out of a dubious sanctuary policy | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 6 hours ago

It turns out even Colorado’s ruling Democrats occasionally can tell when they’ve gone too far — if only because the U.S. Supreme Court is waiting in the wings. This...

Some pointed questions for the gubernatorial hopefuls | George Brauchler

Updated 1 day ago

Earlier this month, the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor participated in a televised interview moderated by well-known, left-leaning legacy media folks. Predictably, the questions asked of the GOP candidates were more...

Memorial Day is not enough | Michael A. Hancock

Updated 1 day ago

Memorial Day is necessary. It is not sufficient. A republic needs days of remembrance: lowered flags, wreaths, music, and a national pause. But the thing remembered is...

NBA and NHL should use regular-season rules in the playoffs | Mike Rosen

Updated 1 day ago

The simultaneous NBA and NFL playoffs, known as the second season, can be almost as exhausting and frustrating for the fans as it is for the players. For Avs and Nuggets fans, this year was especially disappointing, even though we knew that 15...

A primary brings out primal instincts | Eric Sondermann

Updated 3 days ago

Colorado’s primary a Potemkin village revisited | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 days ago

Candidate's disturbing anti-animal agriculture history | Rachel Gabel

Updated 4 days ago

Marx, Bottoms, a primary death wish for Colorado GOP | Dick Wadhams

Updated 4 days ago

When it come to math, just do it | Pius Kamau

Updated 5 days ago

Why I’m voting Democrat | Jon Caldara

Updated 5 days ago

Should autonomous weapons be allowed to kill? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 6 days ago

CU Regent Wanda James’ brand — under a cloud | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 1 week ago

Don’t sacrifice Aurora’s strides in public safety | Michael Hancock

Updated 1 week ago

The “launchpad generation” and the three A’s | Eric Sondermann

Updated 1 week ago

CPW has a weighty decision to make on a recent wolf kill | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

Gov. Jared Polis made three new appointments to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and reappointed both Richard Reading, at-large representative, and vice chair Gabriel Otero, sportspersons representative who resides west...

Bennet wants to be Colorado's next governor | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is considered the front-runner in the Colorado Democratic Party primary contest for governor. His major opponent is current Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. The Democratic primary election is...

Is Jared Polis turning into Dick Lamm? | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 weeks ago

By Jon Caldara Dick Lamm was Colorado’s longest-serving governor, at 12 years in office (a close second goes to Roy Romer). And during those three...

A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

Ballots go out Monday as the June 30 state primary elections bear down on us. As a result, it is suddenly the season of proliferating political debates,...

Aurora council’s Rob Andrews must resign | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

Moderates are not our salvation | Mike Rosen

Updated 2 weeks ago

Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case?| Eric Sondermann

Updated 2 weeks ago

Aurora’s new council invites abuse, litigation | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado GOP has lost its sense of what's best for the people | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

Hantavirus, Ebola and other pandemics yet to come | Pius Kamau

Updated 3 weeks ago

Pay raises for incompetence at the Colorado Capitol | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 weeks ago

Attorney General Phil Weiser's underdog campaign for Colorado governor | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 3 weeks ago

Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots - and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek

Updated 3 weeks ago

Questions, still unanswered, swirl around Victor Marx | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

I’ve followed and covered Colorado politics closely for 22 years. It’s been a long time since I encountered a major statewide candidate I’d never heard of before announcing. I’d also never encountered any candidate for office...

The civil rights solution America forgot | Michael Hancock

Updated 3 weeks ago

At 27 years old, Cedric Pride walked into a sheet metal company and admitted something most men would have tried to hide. He could not...

Trump’s wise pick for the 10th Circuit | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

On April 28, I wrote this of Chief Judge Daniel Domenico of the U.S. District Court for Colorado: “As President Trump considers filling a Colorado-based vacancy...

A mistaken commutation and an over-the-top reaction | Eric Sondermann

Updated 3 weeks ago

It seemed an itch that Gov. Jared Polis just had to scratch. After months of hints and speculation, Polis put his signature on a commutation of the...