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CU Regent Wanda James’ brand — under a cloud | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 1 day ago

For years, CU Regent Wanda James has cultivated a public reputation based on three pillars: marijuana pioneer, business leader, and serial entrepreneur. Now, as one of two...

Don’t sacrifice Aurora’s strides in public safety | Michael Hancock

Updated 2 days ago

A serious city can mourn a death without surrendering its judgment. It can examine a police shooting, review tactics, reform procedures, and still refuse to...

The “launchpad generation” and the three A’s | Eric Sondermann

Updated 4 days ago

Wisdom often arrives when you least expect it. This tidbit came from an ordinary lunch, part personal catch-up, part chat about the sad state of our...

CPW has a weighty decision to make on a recent wolf kill | Rachel Gabel

Updated 5 days ago

Gov. Jared Polis made three new appointments to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and reappointed both Richard Reading, at-large representative, and vice chair Gabriel Otero, sportspersons representative who resides west...

Bennet wants to be Colorado's next governor | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 6 days ago

Is Jared Polis turning into Dick Lamm? | Jon Caldara

Updated 6 days ago

A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

Updated 7 days ago

Aurora council’s Rob Andrews must resign | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 1 week ago

Moderates are not our salvation | Mike Rosen

Updated 1 week ago

Would you hire Jena Griswold to handle your case?| Eric Sondermann

Updated 2 weeks ago

Aurora’s new council invites abuse, litigation | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

Michael Bennet is the $2.5 million corporate man | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado GOP has lost its sense of what's best for the people | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

Hantavirus, Ebola and other pandemics yet to come | Pius Kamau

Updated 2 weeks ago

Pay raises for incompetence at the Colorado Capitol | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 weeks ago

By Jon Caldara I am personally responsible for helping overpay socialists to make Colorado unaffordable, overregulated and one windstorm away from a power blackout. I...

Founding documents reconnect us to our shared American roots - and rebelliousness | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have traveled together from their...

Attorney General Phil Weiser's underdog campaign for Colorado governor | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 2 weeks ago

Phil Weiser, 58, Colorado's attorney general, is in a heated race against U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, 61, for the Democratic nomination for governor. They are...

Questions, still unanswered, swirl around Victor Marx | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 2 weeks ago

I’ve followed and covered Colorado politics closely for 22 years. It’s been a long time since I encountered a major statewide candidate I’d never heard of before announcing. I’d also never encountered any candidate for office...

The civil rights solution America forgot | Michael Hancock

Updated 2 weeks ago

A mistaken commutation and an over-the-top reaction | Eric Sondermann

Updated 3 weeks ago

Trump’s wise pick for the 10th Circuit | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

Processing plants are an important piece of the ag puzzle | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

Too much Tina | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 weeks ago

Too much ado about Tina Peters | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 weeks ago

Be The People campaign hopes to reignite American spirit | Vince Bzdek

Updated 3 weeks ago

New Aurora council micromanages, muzzles cops | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

Polis grants a lawyerly clemency to Peters | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 3 weeks ago

Public school teacher strikes are intolerable | Mike Rosen

Updated 3 weeks ago

A win for keeping public lands in public hands

Updated 4 weeks ago

The Public Lands Rule has been rescinded. The rule, first proposed in 2023, would have complicated the balanced partnership between federal agencies and all multiple uses on...

Colorado GOP plays with fire as primary approaches | Dick Wadhams

Updated 4 weeks ago

Over the next several weeks, the Colorado Republican Party will make consequential decisions that will determine just how relevant it will be in 2026 and beyond. The...