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GUEST COLUMN: Opioid settlement funds — first do no harm

Updated 22 hours ago

It is not an exaggeration to say that the opioid crisis, now fueled predominantly by the trafficking in illicit fentanyl, is possibly the gravest issue...

GUEST OPINION: New firearm laws motivate Colorado gun owners

Updated 2 days ago

Every electoral cycle, political strategists devote endless attention to suburban women, Hispanic voters, union households, independents, and younger Americans. Pollsters slice the electorate into increasingly...

Amy Oliver Cooke warns Colorado's energy policies threaten grid reliability | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 4 days ago

Amy Oliver Cooke, Independence Institute senior fellow and Always On Energy Research co-founder, joins The OpEdge to dissect Colorado's energy transition, grid reliability, and the...

Perspective: Jewish civil rights - under siege

Updated 5 days ago

In the immortal and now dated words of The Monkees, I am a believer. My belief and optimism extend deeply into the work I do...

GUEST OPINION: Colorado Springs is building something bigger

Updated 6 days ago

Denver can’t afford to lower the bar on public safety

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado primary election voters shake things up | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

Perspective: Victims deserve justice

Updated 2 weeks ago

GUEST OPINION: Freedom is a commitment of the people, not a guarantee

Updated 2 weeks ago

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman on what sleeping in a homeless shelter is teaching him | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 2 weeks ago

GUEST OPINION: Let’s make America 250 about the nation we all share

Updated 3 weeks ago

Perspective: Giving is key to Colorado’s economy

Updated 3 weeks ago

GUEST COLUMN: Unions treat teachers like ‘political piggy banks’

Updated 3 weeks ago

GUEST OPINION: Colorado's talent pipeline is a business risk and opportunity

Updated 3 weeks ago

GUEST COLUMN: Changes at University of Denver ‘will drive excellence’

Updated 3 weeks ago

By now, many have likely read or seen the news that we are making significant changes at the University of Denver to better position our...

Candidates’ silence equals complicity with antisemitism

Updated 4 weeks ago

I was at the courthouse on Pearl Street in Boulder on June 1 last year. I was there when a man threw Molotov cocktails at a group of...

Perspective: Still no fix for our roads

Updated 4 weeks ago

Once again, the General Assembly kicked the can down a congested, potholed roadway when it came to providing a fix for Colorado’s highway system. At...

GUEST OPINION: Colorado's next governor needs a solid plan for youth mental health

Updated 4 weeks ago

Anyone who lives in the Peaks Peak region can tell you that there’s no “one size fits all” when it comes to our communities. Each...

Lindsay Datko on school safety, misconduct and transparency in Jeffco schools | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 1 month ago

GUEST OPINION: The evolving AI economy demands continuous learning

Updated 1 month ago

Perspective: Eastern justice for the Western Slope

Updated 1 month ago

GUEST COLUMN: Polis and the Great Colorado Wildlife Experiment

Updated 1 month ago

Dustin Zvonek pinpoints Colorado's housing-first homelessness failures | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 1 month ago

Perspective: ‘Structural deficit’ = spending too much

Updated 1 month ago

Rachel Gabel diagnoses Colorado's sharp rural-urban divide | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 2 months ago

Perspective: Colorado's declining competitiveness

Updated 2 months ago

Perspective: Behind the AI curtain at Anthropic

Updated 2 months ago

Michael Fields reviews Colorado's 2026 legislative session | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 2 months ago

Perspective: Front Range railroaded

Updated 2 months ago

The proposed Colorado Front Range Rail will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars yet produce no real benefits. According to the service plan negotiated with BNSF,...

GUEST COLUMN: When higher ed addresses real needs, Colorado wins

Updated 2 months ago

As a resident of Gunnison for more than two decades, I have heard the same story told in different ways. A hospital administrator explaining why they pay travel...

DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 2 months ago

Common Sense Institute’s Director of Communications & Research Operations DJ Summers dives deep with The OpEdge Podcast host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger regarding Colorado’s...

Perspective: Colorado's crumbling right to arms

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado did not become one of the country’s most restrictive states for gun ownership overnight. The transformation happened incrementally, one bill at a time, often...