It was the hard data that seems to have scared at least some of the soft-on-crime lawmakers straight. Coloradans of just about every political…
Education policy research shows tutoring and other out-of-school programs can help close the achievement gap. A study by the Rand Corporation …
We have a big problem at the border and maybe it takes a moderate, commonsense Colorado Democrat to help solve it. Ken Salazar, President Joe …
What if they’re wrong — and Boebert simply sees in Jokic the same kind of gentleman we do? Maybe all she meant is he foregoes the swagger, tra…
Motorists got a reassurance from the Colorado State Patrol that it is serious about cracking down on dangerous and illegal street racing on Co…
Elections have a way of changing things. A lot. Green groups almost immediately descended on the incoming Biden administration with a laundry …
Few in Colorado approve of neo-Nazis. Most reasonable people do not want these haters marching up and down the street.
The Colorado General Assembly ended its 2021 session last week, one day before Gov. Jared Polis sat down with The Gazette’s editorial board fo…
The union should commission an independent investigation to check its own facts — to look into who said and knew what and when. And the invest…
There were shameless stunts, like a bill introduced at the eleventh hour to reclassify much of the state’s private property — to ensure it won…
With the legislative session over, let’s take a break from divisive politics to take in some news that all Coloradans can celebrate: the first…
“Equity” is all the rage these days. We’d rather hear Colorado school districts refer to “excellence” instead. We hope that after its recent w…
All the Democrats’ talk of second chances, “restorative justice” and “equity” sounds more than a little off key to a mom ’n’ pop shop propriet…
Last week’s preliminary injunction halted the new law’s enforcement — and likely, the council’s scoffing. It turns out the council may have ov…
Paralleling the joust between mayor and council at Aurora City Hall, the city’s union-backed school board has been butting heads with its long…
President Joe Biden wants Americans to remember their country's racist legacy. We should take this advice.
Conservatives make a common error when fighting today’s Left: We point out that they are violating time-honored norms of America, the West, an…
Colorado Springs, “Olympic City USA,” will be Ground Central for the next year in a conflict that pits a boycott-the-Chinese-Olympics movement…
It’s a back-alley shell game. It’s also playing dirty — a late hit. The ballot proposal’s formal title, indicating its aim and scope, already …
Sure, this ruling nudged the union back behind the line of scrimmage on one play. But parents and other community stakeholders in our schools …
The United States is creating a hostile, dangerous, and depressing environment for children. We wallow in the past at the expense of our future.
Anderson only is stepping back from his “everyday board functions,” according to a statement he released over the holiday weekend… Anderson st…
Pot’s purveyors have shrewdly plowed their hefty profits into PR over the years. They’ve invested in a ginned-up image as civil libertarians, …
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who sees himself as “The People’s Lawyer,” wants his state to wage war on the opioid crisis.
Opioids kill more than 500 Coloradans each year, and Attorney General Phil Weiser wants it to stop. To his credit, Weiser uses his position as…
Adults for the most part could put the pandemic in broader perspective, but children’s horizons are more narrowly defined by institutions like…
Given the city’s startlingly high crime stats, reported in Monday’s Gazette, it’s no wonder the mayor would attempt to lump Denver in with “ci…
Unfortunately, the debate over police conduct that followed Floyd’s death — in a year that also included a pandemic and a presidential electio…
Wannabe-woke legislative Democrats might wantonly reduce health care for typical, hard-working Colorado residents. Repeat: Politicians might v…
Senate Bill 62 and its successor have stood out as gratuitous displays of leniency for criminals and criminal suspects at a time when law-abid…
Denver’s Police Department has participated for years in the annual Denver PrideFest, celebrating the city’s LGBTQ community. Not this year. A…
The fact that the pending legislation was introduced at all — and would impose a bit more responsibility on marijuana sales — suggests the Dem…
The next time University of Colorado officials complain of the institution’s financial woes, wanting more taxpayer assistance or a tuition and…
The unauthorized camps — ad hoc settlements of squalor that include lean-tos, boxes and tents pitched in parks and other public property — are…
Arguably, it was forgivable a year ago amid COVID’s many unknowns though even then, some safeguards seemed over the top. Like city parks depar…
We won’t quibble with Gov. Jared Polis’ veto last week of legislation that would have let a candidate for Colorado lieutenant governor run for…
No one had asked them if they wanted their neighborhoods turned inside out by homeless shelters, halfway houses, and homes turned into de fact…
Speaking of citizens who stand up to Denver City Hall in defense of their neighborhoods — residents of Park Hill in northeast Denver are suing…
There are ticking time bombs among us, sometimes very close to us. And we have a responsibility to our fellow human beings to engage and exten…
Imagine the state Legislature telling local governments they have new authority to obstruct the freedom of expression protected by the First A…
Lost in the rush by politicians to preen with righteous indignation about the unfairness of the current justice system — is the unfairness of …
The very fact that recalls seldom succeed suggests the voting public is exercising restraint and sound judgment. It also suggests there’s no n…
This is a sad and stupid week in Colorado, where higher education and diversity took a blow on Monday from the leftist "woke" mob. It is a gre…
Sunday was "Birthing People" Day, better known as "Mother's Day." The infamous "birthing people" lecture told us Black babies matter.
Our highways, roads and bridges are so overburdened and so badly in need of both expansion and repairs that it is jeopardizing our ability to …
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock wants his once-thriving city back. As such, the refreshingly pragmatic Democrat this week implored downtown emplo…
Agree or disagree with the ruling, can we all agree it’s downright punitive — and vindictive — to seek legal fees from locals who simply were …
Just what is an assault weapon? Lots of Coloradans might tell you they know one when they see one. After all, the weapons are once again media…
Together, the education unions and the education bureaucracies form a formidable foe. And some glad-handing politicians are always happy to do…
A modern surge in racism flourishes in higher academe. The general public must see this and demand a course correction before paying tuition.