Editorials from The Denver Gazette Editorial Board

Editorials

EDITORIAL: Polis, too, misses the point on rescheduling pot

Updated 2 days ago

It wasn’t surprising but still was deeply troubling that the Trump administration decided this week to move toward “rescheduling” marijuana under federal law — i.e.,...

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s war on cars is a war on progress

Updated 3 days ago

Vandals hacked several portable, electric traffic signs along the streets of Denver one day last week, changing the message to proclaim, “Cars Ruin Cities.” The...

EDITORIAL: Biting the hand that feeds the workforce

Updated 4 days ago

As if Colorado lawmakers haven’t done enough to hamstring the state’s employers — or scare off those seeking to locate here — one of the...

EDITORIAL: A presidential reprieve from Colorado’s bungled AI law

Updated 5 days ago

Our Democratic governor is in synch with our Republican president on at least one issue: the regulation of artificial intelligence. Both agree any guardrails on...

EDITORIAL: More voices of reason needed for parks and wildlife

Updated 6 days ago

EDITORIAL: Mayor Johnston’s million-dollar legal tab

Updated 7 days ago

EDITORIAL: Bigger name, broader mission for energy lab

Updated 1 week ago

EDITORIAL: Guess who’ll be minding Denver’s sheltered

Updated 1 week ago

EDITORIAL: More school data to inform Coloradans’ concerns

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Any Coloradans for a multibillion-dollar tax hike?

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Another sign wolf reintroduction needs to halt

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Misplaced blame for Colorado’s ozone woes

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Jared Polis a ‘sleazebag’? No. Cagey, yes.

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Handouts won’t help Springs homeless

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: DPS’ fiscal affairs amount to fuzzy math

Updated 2 weeks ago

A fresh audit of Denver Public Schools revealed a startling reality: Colorado’s largest school district owes more in long-term debt than it owns in assets....

EDITORIAL: A get-out-of-jail pass for Colorado’s illegal immigrants

Updated 3 weeks ago

Leave it to the ACLU and a sympathetic federal judge to fret over the arrests of illegal immigrants in Colorado — because the agents who...

EDITORIAL: Food stamps a ‘SNAP’ for Colorado’s illegal immigrants

Updated 3 weeks ago

There’s no telling if the the latest lawsuit against the Trump administration by Democrat-leaning states — this time, challenging restrictions on food stamps for illegal...

EDITORIAL: Retail theft robs all Coloradans

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado shoppers are accustomed to it: You’re checking out as another “customer” walks by. With stolen items, they sidestep security personnel and cameras. Business carries...

EDITORIAL: Another failure of justice, another Colorado tragedy

Updated 3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Unleashing Colorado’s nuclear potential

Updated 3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Coloradans have much to be thankful for

Updated 3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Don’t shutter Pueblo coal plant — at all

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Don’t remove Colorado’s guardrails on hemp

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Another rejection in Colorado’s wolf quest

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s Crow courts controversy — and cashes in

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado will gain if Trump curbs H-1B fee

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Let Colorado’s voters fight fentanyl if lawmakers won’t

Updated 1 month ago

EDITORIAL: Restore, return — and respect — the Colorado Civil War Monument

Updated 1 month ago

EDITORIAL: Judicial reform at a snail’s pace

Updated 1 month ago

There’s good news and bad news about protracted efforts to bring transparency and accountability to Colorado’s secretive and hidebound judiciary. The good news is that...

EDITORIAL: Will new DPS board demand accountability?

Updated 1 month ago

Two big developments came out of Denver Public Schools this week. The board censured one of its members John Youngquist, an esteemed former East High...

EDITORIAL: Incompetency — a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card?

Updated 1 month ago

The Gazette reported last week that Gov. Jared Polis and some lawmakers are proposing to spend up to $12 million to confine and treat more...

EDITORIAL: A welcome crackdown on Denver’s expired tags

Updated 1 month ago

On Saturday, the Denver Police Department will begin a month-long enforcement operation that is crucial to combatting crime — even if it also can be...