The Podium Archives

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Colorado at a crossroads with climate idealism or pragmatic policy | PODIUM

Updated 18 hours ago

States are the laboratories of democracy, and California’s experiment in climate policymaking is producing results Colorado should avoid repeating. In California, political leaders are reckoning...

Putting people first in farming | PODIUM

Updated 1 week ago

By Joseph Petrocco Colorado family farms are resilient. They routinely survive droughts, floods, crushing hailstorms, pest infestations, price uncertainty and even low profit margins. Yet,...

Colorado’s AI law risks slowing state’s innovation economy | PODIUM

Updated 2 weeks ago

By Jon Nordmark Colorado made national headlines last year as the first state in the country to pass a comprehensive artificial intelligence law: Senate Bill...

Colorado’s assault on religious liberty meets constitutional wall | PODIUM

Updated 3 weeks ago

By Greg Schaller In recent years, Colorado has gained a new reputation — not just for its mountains or marijuana use, but for its persistent...

Upending consensus on Colorado’s charter schools | PODIUM

Updated 1 year ago

Profiteering of off-the-rails rail companies endanger us all | PODIUM

Updated 1 year ago

Colorado patients deserve transparent, affordable Rx access | PODIUM

Updated 1 year ago

Here’s how to reduce Front Range ozone | PODIUM

Updated 1 year ago

Small biz struggles to survive with state shutdown of community event | PODIUM

Updated 1 year ago

Card swipe fees a hidden cost to Colorado businesses, consumers | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Do the public’s business in public view | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Economic vitality for all Coloradans | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Legislators need a lawsuit diet | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Setting Colorado’s wolves up for success | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Don’t discriminate against religious preschools | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Kristi Burton Brown Religious intolerance has spiked in Colorado lately. Rather than work to tamp down anti-religious bias, the state is doubling down on discrimination...

New drug board spells trouble for rural Colorado | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Barb Kirkmeyer Despite significant and substantive concerns from patients, Colorado is moving ahead with an untested drug-pricing scheme that puts the health of our state’s...

Rent control is not the solution | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Lisa Nguyen After fleeing for their lives from Vietnam to America in 1975, my parents and older sister began their new life in the United...

Polis, Dems repackage and force upon us much of Prop HH | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Ben Murrey Two weeks ago, 60% of Colorado voters said they didn’t want Proposition HH. Monday, Colorado Democrats gave it to us anyway. In an...

Honor vets by bringing communities back together | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

We must share why we never forget | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Give small biz a lifeline, support credit card reform | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Latino workers the soul of Colorado culinary scene | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Why small businesses oppose Proposition HH | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

In defense of drugs for rare diseases | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Powerful state panel poses threat to patients with rare diseases | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Natural gas regs affect everything from food costs to land value | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

A plea for rare disease medication access | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Following science, or money, on abortion pill reversal? | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Cancer detection legislation helps save lives | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Martha Cox Early detection of cancer saves lives. As a survivor of colorectal cancer, I am living proof of that fact. That’s why cancer survivors...

Is the Colorado River crisis on hold? | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Roy Johnston “Deal is reached to keep Colorado River from going dry, for now,” read the headline of a New York Times article last May...

Chaos at the top of Colorado’s mental health crisis | PODIUM

Updated 2 years ago

Michael Fields Behind closed doors, Colorado is silently grappling with a mounting mental health crisis. The burdens of anxiety, depression and other disorders are still...