Author: Aurora Sentinel Editorial Board

In a world where so many people don’t like being told what to do — and they have to be shown — state Sen. Kevin Priola this week illustrated the lethal problem facing Republicans they can’t overcome: its leaders. Priola represents northern Aurora and the region north of there. He stunned the state on Monday…

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold made a serious mistake in creating a taxpayer-funded TV ad aiming to fight election disinformation, and she missed a better opportunity to accomplish her goal. Republicans and some members of the media raised anywhere from eyebrows to howling alarms this week after Griswold launched a pricey TV ad campaign…

Besides the inarguable fact that too many Aurora police officers have used abusive, sometimes deadly force against residents here during the past several years, the very core of Aurora’s police problem has long been transparency and accountability. Had those two critical failures been addressed years ago, as they became apparent, the police department would likely…

Cryptic election rhetoric has long been the bi-partisan norm for generations. What’s coming from the Republican team running for Colorado governor is not anything like that. The nation’s political system has been stricken by a growing number of politicians who flat-out lie to deceive the public. When called out by the media, they blame the…

If you haven’t noticed fewer homeless people camping along Aurora streets, in vacant lots and across the region’s vast open spaces, it’s because the city’s new much-ballyhooed ban on homeless camping is only moving people around and not into shelters or out of the city, according to homeless outreach workers. Denver, which has had a…

Given the lamentable but successful grab for power in Congress and the Supreme Court made by far-right extremists, small but sure successes in gun control as a way to save lives warrant celebration. Tragically, news that Congress approved the first reasonably meaningful measures of gun control in almost 30 years was overshadowed by continued gun…

Given the lamentable but successful grab for power in Congress and the Supreme Court made by far-right extremists, small but sure successes in gun control as a way to save lives warrant celebration. Tragically, news that Congress approved the first reasonably meaningful measures of gun control in almost 30 years was overshadowed by continued gun…

There is no time for despair over the loss of critical women’s rights eradicated last week by Supreme Court judicial activists. Residents in Colorado and in every state must move quickly and decisively to build the case for voters to remove elected far-right extremists from positions of the minority power they abuse, endangering even more…