Editorials from The Denver Gazette Editorial Board

Editorials

A recap of The Gazette’s ballot recommendations

Updated 3 hours ago

Mail ballots are due June 30 by 7 p.m. For readers who have yet to cast their votes, The Gazette editorial board offers its recommendations...

EDITORIAL: Juneteenth recalls emancipation, exalts freedom

Updated 2 days ago

With today’s fifth official state observance of Juneteenth, a Colorado holiday signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis in 2022, Coloradans can come together in...

EDITORIAL: Hallucinogens as ‘therapy’ and now, ‘sacrament’

Updated 3 days ago

If some want to claim that mind-bending, hazardous and potentially deadly hallucinogens offer a path to “spiritual development” — that’s actually a tenet of a...

EDITORIAL: The high cost of a ‘progressive’ tax hike

Updated 4 days ago

No sooner had we urged support the other day for Initiative 232 — which safeguards and caps Colorado’s simple, flat income tax — than a...

EDITORIAL: An upside-down legislature tries to disarm Colorado’s law abiding

Updated 5 days ago

EDITORIAL: There’s no substitute for charity

Updated 6 days ago

EDITORIAL: Pushing back at a $2 billion+ tax hike

Updated 1 week ago

EDITORIAL: When school spending grows the front office

Updated 1 week ago

EDITORIAL: Give guv credit — but not too much — for his vetoes

Updated 1 week ago

EDITORIAL: What’s the cost of no power to Coloradans?

Updated 2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Aurora’s Andrews makes mockery of public safety, must resign

Updated 2 weeks ago

ENDORSEMENT: Vote Michael Allen — for a real attorney general

Updated 2 weeks ago

ENDORSEMENT: Kirkmeyer’s credibility can carry the day in governor’s race

Updated 2 weeks ago

ENDORSEMENT: Gabe Evans has won constituents’ confidence in CD-8

Updated 2 weeks ago

ENDORSEMENT: Jeff Hurd proves a perfect fit for CD-3

Updated 2 weeks ago

When the Gazette’s editorial board endorsed Jeff Hurd in 2024 to represent Colorado’s vast and diverse 3rd Congressional District, it was clear he was meant...

EDITORIAL: A unifier takes the helm of Colorado’s GOP

Updated 3 weeks ago

The trajectory of either major political party in Colorado should matter to all voters, regardless of party affiliation. All have to live under whichever party...

EDITORIAL: A boon to Colorado schoolkids

Updated 3 weeks ago

The groundbreaking new federal education tax credit that stands to change Colorado children’s lives — and that the legislature unsuccessfully tried to sabotage — could...

EDITORIAL: Is Colorado creating an anti-innovation economy?

Updated 3 weeks ago

For decades, Colorado has been an incubator of high-tech and aerospace ingenuity. Unfortunately, the state’s revised reputation for smothering innovation is spreading. The Colorado Chamber...

EDITORIAL: Vance to AFA grads: Value AI, hallow humanness

Updated 3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Guv’s land grab is beaten back

Updated 3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Will Dems run highway funding off the road?

Updated 3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Who else goes free with Tina Peters?

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s prisons crowded? Open more

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: A day of remembrance before recreation

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s growing list of turnoffs

Updated 4 weeks ago

EDITORIAL: The oblivious drumbeat against data centers

Updated 1 month ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s legislative robber barons

Updated 1 month ago

EDITORIAL: Aurora’s template for success on homelessness

Updated 1 month ago

EDITORIAL: Upholding the rule of law against illegal immigration

Updated 1 month ago

We’ll say it again: Colorado U.S. District Court Judge Dan Domenico gets it. He isn’t about to be snookered or cowed by the nationwide lawfare...

EDITORIAL: If Colorado’s not a sanctuary, veto SB 5

Updated 1 month ago

The legislative session is a wrap. Among the surge of bills is another reckless effort to enshrine Colorado’s status as a sanctuary state for illegal...

ENDORSEMENT: Kirkmeyer for governor — and for the future of Colorado’s GOP

Updated 1 month ago

The Republican nominee for Colorado governor will face either of two well-funded and high-profile Democratic contenders seeking the post in November. It’s a tall task....