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Democrat scheme violates TABOR and Constitution

Updated 59 minutes ago

The governor and progressive Democrats that dominate the state legislature and every statewide office in Colorado have been masterful ― if not ethical and honest ― in devising devious schemes to circumvent the TABOR amendment in the Colorado Constitution. That’s the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, passed...

Is Trump a builder or just a latter-day headhunter?

Updated 1 day ago

It was well under 100 hours after President Donald Trump’s overly long, overly theatrical State of the Union speech that he unleashed American bombers across...

Colorado’s GOP at its best — and worst | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 days ago

Colorado Republicans are fighting to be relevant in the face of gross mismanagement by Democrats who totally control state government. While the Colorado Republican Party...

Fur ban petition approved despite confusion and chaos | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 days ago

Either Samantha Miller is lying, or Governor Jared Polis is. If Miller is lying, she is so secure in the red carpet rolled out for...

GUEST COLUMN: It’s time for a better classroom-to-career path in Colorado

Updated 2 days ago

A chance to transform the Middle East

Updated 2 days ago

PERSPECTIVE: A windfall for Colorado’s schoolchildren

Updated 3 days ago

A retrospective during Women’s History Month | Pius Kamau

Updated 3 days ago

Polis makes up a ‘sentencing disparity’ for Tina Peters | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 5 days ago

Aurora’s quiet crisis — civic disengagement | Michael A. Hancock

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado’s Jason Crow misfires over Iran | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 1 week ago

GUEST COLUMN: Another attempt at a fur ban? Still a ‘no’

Updated 1 week ago

Legislation on poison, poultry and prostitution dominate | Rachel Gabel

Updated 1 week ago

PERSPECTIVE: Jailbreak — Legislative Dems look to empty Colorado’s prisons

Updated 1 week ago

GUEST OPINION: Generosity has defined Colorado for 150 years

Updated 1 week ago

What does it look like when a state takes care of its own? It looks like neighbors opening their homes to families displaced by wildfire....

Union kills safeguards for Colorado schoolkids | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

Without giving it a second thought, Democrats on the state Senate’s “kill committee” shot down a bill to keep dangerous public school employees from quietly moving between districts — even as supporters...

The U.S. will survive the demise of the penny | Mike Rosen

Updated 2 weeks ago

It’s worrisome enough that we have to live with the ever-present threat of nuclear war hanging over our head, the fiery extermination of humanity from...

Court hands Colorado a tariff ‘liberation day’ | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down President Donald Trump’s expansive “Liberation Day” tariffs was the right call — and it spares Colorado economic pain,...

One small step for dialing back partisanship | Eric Sondermann

Updated 2 weeks ago

Dems try to hijack Colorado’s congressional map | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 weeks ago

The raw realities of fighting fires in rural areas| Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

PERSPECTIVE: Colorado’s victims of the drug trade

Updated 2 weeks ago

Shedding tears over NREL’s demise | Pius Kamau

Updated 2 weeks ago

Keep Colorado out of national partisan power grab | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

GUEST COLUMN: Aurora City Council should stand with city’s youth

Updated 3 weeks ago

GUEST COLUMN: Colorado’s once-in-a-generation opportunity — if we don’t regulate it away

Updated 3 weeks ago

When improvement isn’t enough | Michael A. Hancock

Updated 3 weeks ago

Protecting Colorado’s kids — when lawmakers won’t | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

Michael Bennet and the question in a campaign of small differences | Eric Sondermann

Updated 3 weeks ago

The train usually runs only one-way. The route goes from the state capital to Washington, D.C. State legislators become congresspeople; governors become senators. See Hickenlooper,...

Proposed bill prioritizes rats over people | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

Democrat Sens. Lisa Cutter and Cathy Kipp, and Rep. Elizabeth Velasco have introduced a rat’s nest of a bill in SB26-062 Rodenticide Use Restrictions. The...

PERSPECTIVE: Colorado’s human trafficking is getting worse

Updated 3 weeks ago

I have seen evil in the world, and it does not go away because we as a society would prefer it to. It needs to be fought energetically....

The torture of Denver motorists is intentional | Mike Rosen

Updated 3 weeks ago

Bicycle lanes in Denver are much more than just a nuisance for motorists; they’re a small but glaring symptom of the radical progressive mentality of...