Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Meanwhile, in D.C.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the HEROES Act, which includes funding for state and local governments to protect critical services during the pandemic. …read full editorial here.
Ranchers, slam gates on urban recreationists | Colorado Springs Gazette
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Urbanites who enjoy America’s playground can thank 36,000 rural landowners for managing and preserving landscapes that make Colorado an ethereal land of awe. Coloradans who leave the city to hunt, fish, hike, bike, climb, bird watch, camp, stargaze or enjoy...
Coloradans want diversity — not illegal immigration | Colorado Springs Gazette
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Want to watch a Colorado politician jump out of his seat and run for cover? Just whisper the word, “immigration.” It is, of course, a sensitive subject in the state’s political circles these days – and new polling results reported...
Coddling criminals, ignoring crime | Denver Gazette
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While rank-and-file Coloradans have been weathering a crime wave, their oblivious elected lawmakers have been preoccupied with the well-being of the culprits. It has been a familiar theme in Colorado’s crime-coddling Legislature over the past several years, and the 2024...
Gabe Evans — soldier, statesman, farmer, cop — for Congress in CD-8 | Denver Gazette
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Once again, next November’s face-off over Colorado’s newest congressional district promises to be a close call. And once again, control of the entire U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance. Created after the 2020 Census, the 8th Congressional District...
Serve the children, not the union boss | Colorado Springs Gazette
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The transformational District 11 School Board wants better outcomes for children. Period. That is and should be the board’s primary focus, given the district’s historically low proficiency scores on state testing of students. This should also be the highest concern...
The left goes mad on gun control | Colorado Springs Gazette
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To impose a litany of dangerous new gun-control measures of questionable legality, legislative Democrats have put ignorance on full display. Take, for example, Rep. Chad Clifford’s recent comments reported by the Colorado State Shooting Association (the official state association of...
Colorado’s tipping point on illegal immigration | Denver Gazette
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Denverites are becoming second-class citizens in their own city. To varying degrees, that could be said of Coloradans in other communities, as well. They have been elbowed aside by a new wave of immigrants – many from Venezuela – who...
Colorado communities benefit by going local | Colorado Springs Gazette
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Some Colorado cities and counties are breathing new life into an old call to action, “Think globally, act locally.” They are tackling tough problems the state government can’t or won’t address – or, in some cases, that the state created...
Colorado’s government grows its payroll again | Denver Gazette
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Lawmakers at the Capitol are preparing to add another $2 billion to the state budget, bringing total state spending next year to $40.6 billion. That’s a tentative figure at this point because the budget is still a work in progress....
How not to house Denver’s homeless | Denver Gazette
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One of Denver Mayor Michael Johnston’s homeless hotels is turning into a hotel of horrors. The mounting death toll and recurring violence at the former DoubleTree by Hilton, at 4040 Quebec St., as reported by The Denver Gazette, are tragic....