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Quiet at the state Capitol doesn’t mean silence on energy policy | GUEST COLUMN

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By Carly West By many accounts, Colorado’s 2026 legislative session was unusually quiet on oil-and-natural-gas policy. There was no sweeping new oil-and-natural-gas package. No major...

The history, and future, of extinction in Colorado | GUEST COLUMN

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By Eric Washburn When I was a kid growing up in Aurora in the late 1960s and early 1970s, one of my favorite things to...

Colorado is too wealthy to keep cutting basic services | GUEST COLUMN

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By Kathy White and Lydia McCoy Colorado is a wealthy state. It may be hard to believe right now because so many of us are...

SPONSORED: What you’re missing about housing — an open letter to all of Colorado’s candidates for governor

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By Colorado Homes For All You say affordable housing, we say housing we can actually afford. As working-class people from across the state who are...

DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast

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As the AI age evolves, Colorado must step up to protect our kids | GUEST COLUMN

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Strengthening Colorado’s mental-health workforce | GUEST COLUMN

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Superintendent Michael Gaal on why schools work better without union contracts | The OpEdge Podcast

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The rural voice missing from the Nexstar debate | GUEST COLUMN

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Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin

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Protecting the integrity of Colorado’s legal profession | GUEST COLUMN

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Legislature’s budget footnote punishes students who need help most | GUEST COLUMN

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Why Colorado needs accountability and transparency in AI decision making | GUEST COLUMN

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Can a law be neutral if it overrides faith-based beliefs? | GUEST COLUMN

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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

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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...

Amid Colorado’s new rail moment, losing digital infrastructure an economic death sentence | GUEST COLUMN

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By Taylor Henderson In 1867, former Colorado territorial Gov. John Evans looked at a room of Denver merchants and delivered a blunt warning: the city...

Common-sense guardrails for new data center development benefit people, the planet | GUEST COLUMN

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All Coloradans should have a say at the Public Utilities Commission | GUEST COLUMN

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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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Homeschool enrichment programs serve vital and cost-effective role | GUEST COLUMN

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Colorado’s leaders must pass No Kings Act to rein in out-of-control federal officials | GUEST COLUMN

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Dick Wadhams charts Colorado’s rocky political shifts | The OpEdge Podcast

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Lawmakers pile on Colorado taxpayers — even more | OPINION

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Colorado is ensuring children come first | OPINION

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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

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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...