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Bipartisan PBM reform bill is major win for Colorado patients | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

By Victoria Vicory Managing a chronic health condition isn’t easy. For hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, it means daily medication, careful monitoring, regular appointments, and...

Even in a deficit, Planned Parenthood gets special treatment | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

You know our Colorado legislators are beholden to a special-interest lobby when they may choose to forego federal dollars during a budget crunch to fund...

Taking energy choice to the ballot | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

When the legislature doesn’t listen, people go to the ballot. And that’s exactly where energy choice is heading in Colorado. With a special session starting...

Credit-card bill is a job killer for Colorado’s travel industry | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

By Bianka Emerson Were you one of the 900,000 passengers expected to travel through Denver International Airport (DEN) during the Fourth of July weekend? Each...

All recreators must pay to play to fund search and rescue | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

Hypocritical air-quality-control standards put rural Colorado last | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado’s roads are falling apart — so is the state’s grip on reality | OPINION

Updated 3 weeks ago

How Colorado can prioritize energy affordability amid federal rollbacks | OPINION

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado legislators cry wolf | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Stop big retailers’ latest move against minority communities | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Colorado’s lawmakers can fix right-to-repair proposal | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Proposals imperil Colorado women’s health care | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Juvenile social media bill misguided, infringes cannabis biz rights | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

If we really want to correct Colorado corrections, we need to invest | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Colorado alcohol tax proposal combines bad politics, bad policy | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Mark Berzins A bad idea with bad timing often fails. I’m hopeful the new alcohol tax that’s being floated as a “fee” by Sen. Kevin...

Colorado’s credit access crisis | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Bill Himpler In these already uncertain economic times, Coloradans – like most American consumers – continue to face higher day-to-day costs just to make ends meet. New...

Lawmakers pick on low-income children of color | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Tressa Pankovits Three suburban Colorado legislators last month introduced a bill designed to run public charter schools out of the state. Yet, most charter schools...

Time for Colorado to pass ‘clean slate’ legislation | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Rachel Vickers It’s been five years since I was sentenced in front of a judge. My journey in, out and through the criminal justice system...

Legislation to cover obesity care like any other chronic disease | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

House committee made right call rejecting vape flavor ban | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Squandering Colorado’s charter school legacy | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Help kick-start a new golden era of Colorado conservation | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Animal-friendly ballot issues based in science | IN RESPONSE

Updated 1 year ago

‘Assault weapon’ ban is most aggressive gun grab yet | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Presidential primaries in retrospect | CRONIN & LOEVY

Updated 1 year ago

Just when you thought public trust in government couldn’t get any lower | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Biomarker bill ensures access to transformative precision medicine | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Colorado’s population boom eases off | CRONIN & LOEVY

Updated 1 year ago

Colorado nursing homes need real solutions, not unfunded mandates | OPINION

Updated 1 year ago

Arlene Miles Staffing shortages have been long-standing within the long-term care profession, pre-dating the pandemic. For several years, nursing homes have sounded the alarm and...

Patients with rare diseases deserve access to lifesaving drugs | OPINION

Updated 2 years ago

Jacinta M. Behne Imagine being diagnosed with a disease your friends and family have never heard of and your doctor may not know how to...

Hope for the future of recycling in this state | OPINION

Updated 2 years ago

Tricia Canonico Colorado’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Needs Assessment was recently released, confirming there is reason to be hopeful recycling will improve in Colorado. This...

Medical decisions should be made between patient and provider | OPINION

Updated 2 years ago

Shannon Bird Lisa Frizell In today’s political climate, it sometimes seems there isn’t a lot people can agree on. As elected officials, it’s our responsibility...