Isolation, fear of the virus, angering political turmoil. The past 12 months have been difficult for us all, to put it simply. Once this pande…
Paula Noonan: "Some entities get enough money to put up very expensive facilities offering every medical miracle and others operate on a shoes…
Kelly Sloan: "The legislature is slogging its way through the mid-point of the session, but with all the authority they keep sloughing off to …
Eric Sondermann: "Boebert is not likely to be an easy out. For Democrats to take this seat, there are three imperatives. First, the national p…
Jimmy Sengenberger: "Democrats know voters won’t approve a gas tax hike, or a new tax on delivery services or ridesharing rides, so instead th…
Hal Bidlack: "The military’s socialism extends to communities."
Last week in this column, I urged Colorado parents to pay attention to a terrible proposed bill that would make schools more dangerous for chi…
Miller Hudson: "2021 may not be the right season for a public option. Although Democrats prefer to ignore the fact that medical premiums can't…
My family and I recently visited The Wall in Boulder. It's a fence full of flowers, tributes, pictures, balloons, poems, hearts, flowers, post…
McALLEN, Texas • The sleepy-looking downtown of McAllen would give passersby no reason to believe it is the epicenter of a border surge that t…
Imagine you’re hauled into court. The prosecutor is paid to get you punished. We all get that.
Who, as between spouses, owns what? You might think this would be an easy legal question to answer, but it’s not.
Jon Caldara: "This year’s Senate Bill 103 will make sure everyone in the process who is supposed to financially protect you — gets paid to nail you."
When Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Coors Field will host this year’s All-Star Game, Coloradans celebrated. Come mid-July and fo…
The recently proposed Colorado Health Insurance Option (HB21-1232) poses a real threat to our economy and our job creators. For consumers, the…
Hal Bidlack: "Arizona joins other deeply red states Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, and Wyoming in declaring their 'sanctuary' status, somewhat ironic …
Thirty years after Dylan Farrow first made allegations of being molested by Woody Allen, HBO has aired a documentary detailing the circumstanc…
Paula Noonan: "The haze you see isn’t just from the prescribed burn at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. There’s another source of polluting stuff i…
Kelly Sloan: "Nobody, it seems, has wasted a great deal of time actually reading the bill they are so scandalized over. Certainly not the Comm…
In the middle of a pandemic in which respiratory issues are at the forefront, it’s perplexing that the Denver City Council is considering an o…
Eric Sondermann: "Twenty-one years ago as we turned the page on a new century, our national indebtedness stood at roughly $5.6 trillion. Today…
Two of America’s most-loved authors, Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry, died on the same day, leaving holes in the hearts of Americans who lov…
As a legislator, you learn to identify red flags that could pose problems for your constituents you represent. That’s why, when a bill propose…
Jimmy Sengenberger: "Whether it’s Democrats claiming Trump won in 2016 due to malicious Russian meddling or Republicans asserting Biden narrow…
Over the past few years, I’ve often written about how the real challenge the Constitution creates for us is the problem of when rights are in …
A bill is going through our legislature right now, in the midst of grief from another shooting in Colorado, to let sex crimes slide, drug crim…
The Colorado Business Roundtable is a public policy organization comprised of executives from some of the state’s largest employers working to…
Miller Hudson: "Colorado voters have much to feel good about when they consider their legislature’s performance as it navigated the COVID year…
I helped write Amendment 64, litigated numerous cases before and after 64 to make it a reality, and also helped design implementing regulation…
The weather is finally warming and that means the homeless camps are popping back up in downtown Denver, as perennial as the tulips in Civic C…
POINT: Meghan Dollar
When I think of Easter, I think of the pink crabapple trees blossoming in early April along the north side of Caley Avenue in my hometown of L…
Jon Caldara: "If Officer Eric Talley is a hero for rushing in, what does that make the dozens and dozens of cops who waited outside the store,…
Back in January, I told you about the No Surprises Act, a law created by Congress last year tucked away deep inside the 2,123 page Consolidate…
If you listen to Denver school board member Tay Anderson and his lawyer, Christopher Decker, you might think the media is so “hungry” that it …
Hal Bidlack: "The Common Sense Institute recently released a report on what has been happening with Colorado insurance rates recently. It appe…
Here we are again.
Well, the White House just came out with another $2.3 trillion spending proposal, because obviously $1.9 trillion was far too parsimonious.
Paula Noonan: "A protection fence is worse than graffiti and broken windows from protests over police events that left a demonstrator without …
Since 2008, the Denver area has been out of compliance for ground-level ozone. As a result, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires…
Lynn Bartels: "Yes, on the same day that Gov. Jared Polis asked his subjects to participate in a 'MeatOut Day' to 'educate consumers about the…
Much has been written by The Gazette editorial board and Gazette columnist Jimmy Sengetnberger about SB21-62, a bill I am sponsoring to safely…
Hal Bidlack: "In teaching cadets at the Air Force Academy for many years, I would ask them what makes our service different from others that h…
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
Miller Hudson: "With April Fool’s Day approaching, it seems a propitious time to examine the difference between conspiracy theorists and their dupes."
Eric Sondermann: "It is important to be sober and cognizant that there are no easy fixes."
When President Joe Biden finally signed into law a $1.9 trillion spending package, passed without a single Republican vote in either house of …
POINT: Dylan Roberts, Inman Jodeh
This month, Georgetown law professor Sandra Sellers was fired for saying in an accidentally-recorded private Zoom conversation that her black …