Author: Colorado Politics
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The new Trustees Report is a wake-up call for Congress | GUEST COLUMN
By Sara Schueneman Every year, the Social Security Trustees Report provides an important snapshot of the long-term outlook for one of America’s most popular and important initiatives. This year’s report sends a clear message: Congress needs to act. The latest projections show Social Security’s Trust Fund reserves are expected to be depleted by 2034. That…
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Colorado lupus patients can’t afford ‘most favored nation’ drug pricing | PODIUM
By Kristy Kibler When you live with lupus, you learn quickly waiting is not an option. Lupus is unpredictable: flares can escalate overnight, organs can be damaged quickly, and access to the right treatment at the right time can determine whether someone stays stable or ends up hospitalized. That’s why proposals to codify “Most Favored…
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Colorado modernized voting, but the ballot Is still closed for many | PODIUM
By Amy Spicer On June 30, Colorado holds its primary election. Most voters will receive their ballots, make their choices, and never know that for many of the races on that ballot, the meaningful competition ended weeks or months earlier, in a room most of them never entered and may not have known existed. Earlier…
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Polis protects system rigged against workers | GUEST COLUMN
By Jeremy Ross Shame on Gov. Jared Polis. He used his veto pen again to indulge the billionaire corporate elite by denying the freedom of workers to join together and form a union without being threatened, fired or blocked by a second election. For two years in a row, the Worker Protection Act passed out…
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Help adult smokers transition away from cigarettes | GUEST COLUMN
By Brian Erkkila Colorado families, educators and public-health leaders have spent years working to prevent underage tobacco use — and the newest national data suggest those efforts are paying off. The FDA’s 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) is a timely reminder to keep the conversation grounded in scientific evidence, not fear or anecdote. NYTS…
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Colorado governor vetoes union dues bill — again
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed yet again legislation that would have made it easier for labor organizations to impose dues on non-union members, a decision long expected after the legislature approved the measure without securing the buy-in of businesses. Polis rejected a similar proposal last year. And like last year, he cited the same…
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High-potency hemp products are hurting Colorado kids | GUEST COLUMN
By Heidi Lawrence Six years ago, my daughter, by most metrics, was a typical overachieving teenager. She was a straight-A, pre-professional ballet dancer. She loved school and art, had lots of friends, and above all else, she was kind, funny and driven. Unfortunately, her life was derailed upon her discovery and usage of THC. I…
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From secret huddles to Zebulon — the high cost of the Dougco BOCC’s shady governance | PODIUM
By Bob Marshall, Lora Thomas and Julie Gooden In Douglas County, a new and dangerous standard of governance has taken root: if the public doesn’t like your plan, simply stop letting the public in the room. During the last year, we have watched the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) comprised of George Teal, Abe Laydon…
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Election must be decided on issues of combating public corruption, restoring integrity in government | FEEDBACK
There has been considerable press and outrage regarding Gov. Jared Polis’ commutation of former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters’s remaining prison sentence. The outrage is reinforced by President Donald J. Trump’s creation of a $1.776 billion compensation fund through a self-negotiated settlement agreement authorized by interim Attorney General Todd Blanche (Trump’s former personal…
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Colorado business groups host gubernatorial forum Thursday
Several business groups are hosting a forum among gubernatorial candidates on Thursday morning. The candidates attending are Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, and Republicans Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and Victor Marx. The forum will take place from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Infinity Park Event Center in Glendale. The organizers…