We grew up with the notion, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and while the Gallagher Amendment isn’t entirely perfect, it has saved Colorada…
Our society has been turned upside down in the last six months. This is especially true for our job creators — Coloradans who have invested th…
There are two types of questions on your election ballot, people and issues.
Many, many of us are stressed individually. The country is stressed.
Having moved to Colorado in 2001, I’ve had front-row, 50-yardline seats to witness the state’s transition from being solidly red, to red, to p…
In these unprecedented times, it’s extremely important that we do everything we can to support our economy. As we enter the economic recovery …
Hal Bidlack: "Amid a hyper-partisan election, I’m pleased to report that many of your elected officials are actually doing their job."
As we near the end of another election cycle, we are all inundated with political sniping from all sides, covering all sorts of issues. Many o…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, housing providers have had to get creative in ways we never had to consider before. This has meant coming u…
Kelly Sloan: "Careening into the final couple of weeks of John Hickenlooper’s campaign for a job he told everyone a year ago he would hate, th…
Paula Noonan: "Women have an inalienable right to make their own medical decisions. Men have an inalienable right to make their own medical de…
Re: “Black people overrepresented in Aurora police’s use of force,” Oct. 17.
Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy: "Colorado is one of two states in the Rocky Mountain West not conforming to the Republican pattern in the region and…
Youth sports. Playground equipment. Science clubs. These are benefactors of charitable bingo in Colorado, an activity that is becoming less vi…
Hal Bidlack: "While I do not care for his music, I admit I was impressed (as a rank amateur guitar player myself) by Ted Nugent’s amazing skil…
Imagine a home without running water, electricity or trash removal. Your first thought was probably of a remote, rural area in an emerging eco…
Jimmy Sengenberger: "I’ll be blunt: School districts are failing their students by pursuing remote learning. Voters should not approve a sing…
Miller Hudson: "What have Colorado voters lost and gained as our election process evolved over the past four decades? And why have these chang…
Denver city planners recently proposed regulatory changes to the city’s residential use zoning codes. These proposed changes follow years of i…
Jon Caldara: "This year I am again voting for Trump. But this time I’m doing so proudly and without any hesitation."
How much more property tax burden can Colorado load on the backs of businesses, especially small businesses, before breaking those backs? We w…
The Democrats’ self-serving, contrived argument that we should leave the next Supreme Court justice, who will replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “up…
Hal Bidlack: "Do you know who is on the front lines of protecting the vote here in the Centennial State? It is your local county clerk and the…
In Frances Koncilja’s OP/ED (“Denver tax hikes lack clarity, accountability,” Oct. 6), she makes very valid points of why there should be a “n…
Point: Bill Cadman
Kelly Sloan: "Since Colorado has adopted a habit of legislating important questions by plebiscite, there are, as ever, several important quest…
Paula Noonan: "Colorado’s former Gov. Dick Lamm, an early prognosticator on the 'devil’s in the details' of economic growth, was the featured …
As the election approaches, voters deserve an honest picture of what Proposition 114 will and won’t do, and a clear understanding of why wolve…
After years of lobbying efforts, the marijuana industry was allowed to expand its operations into Vermont as Governor Phil Scott allowed S. 54…
According to experts, the city and county of Denver is expected to continue our growth for the next decade or more. As we know, growth brings …
Hal Bidlack: “There are many, many things I do not really understand. Some of those things are pumpkin spice in everything this time of year, …
In the closing hours of the 2020 legislative session, Colorado policymakers introduced HB20-1427. The specifics of the bill were hammered out …
The Denver school board is leaving the fate of 160 DSST Rachel Noel Middle School eighth-graders — the vast majority of them low-income kids o…
For reasons I no longer recall, I attended the Club 20 meetings in Grand Junction six years ago. The club’s election year draw has always been…
Jimmy Sengenberger: "Tragedy has again engulfed our capital city."
The school year is now almost two months old. That’s long enough to conclude that remote learning is a failing many of our children. Across th…
Of all the many statewide questions on this year’s ballot none is more downright hateful than Prop EE.
Consumers are rightly concerned that some businesses use a range of tactics to take their hard-earned dollars through a shell game where they …
Hal Bidlack: "Just in case you haven’t noticed, there appears to be an election campaign going on right now. And putting on my well-worn retir…
Over the last few decades, as the federal government has descended into gridlock, it has been up to the states to pioneer solutions to the int…
Paula Noonan: "Colorado is disadvantaged with this anachronism as a state with growing population."
Kelly Sloan: "There is an old aphorism, popular in politics, that says if you are not at the table you are on the menu. One of the more import…
Denver voters have been very generous. In 2018, we voted to tax ourselves an additional $115 million-plus — annually. Denver now wants another…
"Registered Colorado voters should receive mail-in ballots in a day or two. We believe voters should pay almost as much attention to the ballo…
I have often written about civility, and more specifically the lack of it, in American politics and, frankly, in American society today. But t…
We hear all the time about how COVID shut down the economy. That is incorrect; COVID did not shut down the economy, the political response to …
Lynn Bartels: "I’m a political junkie but even I can barely stand to open my e-mail or text messages these days."
Jimmy Sengenberger: "The stark contrast between the two candidates for U.S. Senate couldn’t have been any clearer."
I’ve been pondering the consequences of political promises recently and tuned in to the presidential debate this past week in hopes of curatin…
In Tuesday night’s presidential debate, one question awkwardly lingered for Joe Biden, who refused to answer if he would pack the Supreme Cour…