Commentaries
Can a law be neutral if it overrides faith-based beliefs? | GUEST COLUMN
Updated 10 hours ago
By Joseph C. Stewart In what seems like a quintessential “Only in America” parody, there is a correlation between unemployment benefits, smoking peyote, and LGBTQ...
Legislating at the speed of artificial intelligence | GUEST COLUMN
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By Sean Camacho Consumers in Colorado and across the country are demanding artificial intelligence companies be more transparent about how their systems work: how they’re...
Legislative Dems follow highway robbery with blackmail | GUEST COLUMN
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By Byron Pelton My colleagues across the aisle have revealed something extraordinary in their frantic attempt to get rid of Initiative 175: They believe Colorado...
‘Move fast and break things’ not way to fix Colorado’s roads | GUEST COLUMN
Updated 5 days ago
By Donna Lynne, Kelly Nordini and Rebecca McClellan This month, after the effects of federal H.R. 1 hit Colorado’s budget like a sledgehammer, Colorado lawmakers...
Protect patient access to life-saving drugs | GUEST COLUMN
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Don’t upend Colorado’s ‘healthy balance’ on stream access | PODIUM
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Colorado can’t fall behind on refocusing nutrition assistance | GUEST COLUMN
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Dick Wadhams charts Colorado’s rocky political shifts | The OpEdge Podcast
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Colorado is ensuring children come first | OPINION
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Lawmakers pile on Colorado taxpayers — even more | OPINION
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By Mark Hillman That our two political parties have such different philosophies regarding business and taxes is exasperating because prosperity would serve even the very...
In the Age of AI, much-needed protections in mental health care | OPINION
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By Vincent Atchity Artificial intelligence is already changing so much about the way we live, and important conversations are being had about what guardrails are...
Every life has equal value; Colorado must reject House Bill 26-1281 | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
By Emily Tofte Nestaval In Colorado, we have long held a simple, but absolute truth: every human life has equal value under the law. It...
Proposed data-based marketing bill would hurt small Colorado businesses | OPINION
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By Angel Johnson Six years ago, while I was serving in the military, I launched an e-commerce business selling inclusive, motivational activewear that empowers people...
It’s time Colorado built back to affordability | OPINION
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Colorado’s energy policies are becoming a national security risk | OPINION
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Good intentions don’t always equal good laws | OPINION
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Don’t expand Colorado Lottery into online gaming | OPINION
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Delaying clean energy isn’t the affordable choice for Colorado Springs | OPINION
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Hemp beverage bill puts profits over Colorado kids | OPINION
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Colorado shouldn’t risk cutting off access to earned wage access | OPINION
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Rural education is an advantage — start funding it that way | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
By Denille LePlatt When people talk about rural schools, the conversation too often starts with struggle. I’d like to start somewhere different: with the 135,000...
‘Second look’ bill would cause lasting harm to crime’s victims | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
By Robert Fallbeck Senate Bill 26-115, being considered by lawmakers in the current legislative session, seeks to allow re-sentencing (aka a “second look”) of inmates...
Colorado cannot afford to get the Colorado River wrong | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
By Larry Don Suckla Colorado and our neighboring states are standing on the edge of a crisis that is no longer theoretical. The Colorado River,...
Colorado state legislators must recognize EMS is essential | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
By Dusty A. Johnson Currently, emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians such as EMTs and paramedics are not listed as essential in Colorado, and that is...
Tap THC beverage tax to address budget gap | OPINION
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H.R. 1 underscores unfairness in Colorado tax code | OPINION
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The future of Colorado condo development | OPINION
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George Brauchler on Colorado’s ‘Jailbreak’ | The OpEdge Podcast
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Turn blueprint into action with the Outdoors Opportunities Act | OPINION
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Let Colorado’s communities govern their own neighborhoods | OPINION
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The Centennial State’s nuclear energy opportunity | OPINION
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