Author: Colorado Springs Gazette Editorial Board

Regardless of one’s politics, the national defense credentials of U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, cannot be denied. As such, Colorado and the rest of the country should take comfort in Crow’s appointment this week as the ranking member of the bipartisan task force to investigate the near assassination of former President Donald Trump. The country…

Colorado’s property values have been soaring — and everyone was dreading what would come next. The other shoe dropped on homeowners this past spring when they were stunned by property-tax bills that had leaped 25% or more. The state Legislature — torn between the public’s demands for relief and lawmakers’ predilection for growing government through…

In a sad attempt to bolster chances of a President Kamala Harris, Gov. Jared Polis — a potential running mate — praised President Joe Biden and Harris on Thursday for improving the border. The public should giggle like Harris at a funeral. Polis’ statement: “The Biden-Harris administration is making significant progress towards securing our border…

Proposition 122 — the ballot issue that legalized dangerous hallucinogens in Colorado two years ago — was a cynical charade. Backed by big money from out of state and pitched disingenuously as a way to provide “therapy” for mental health issues, it really was an attempt to kick-start another recreational drug industry to rival retail…

In a quantum leap of good fortune for Colorado, the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced Tuesday the selection of Colorado’s Elevate Quantum among 12 tech hubs to receive a funding package for taking computing to a higher level than most can imagine. Colorado beat out Illinois — the only other federally designated quantum region — to…

The median price of a home in Colorado has shot up 132% since 2010 while median household income in our state has risen by less than half that — only about 65% — in the same period. The data, courtesy of a policy update released this week by Colorado’s Common Sense Institute, offers another sobering…

Yet another stalking horse for the national animal-rights movement is galloping toward Colorado’s statewide ballot. It’s another proposal to manipulate the uninformed sympathies of Colorado’s predominantly urban and suburban voters — and undermine our state’s well-run and carefully balanced system of wildlife management. It’s yet another policy that disregards the wisdom of Colorado’s wildlife experts and…

Colorado’s western frontier is the latest ground zero in the nation’s unending standoff over public lands. And as is often the case, a bid to “protect” the lands in contention could do more harm than good. The Gazette reported this week that a group with the backing of the national environmental movement is pushing for…

Colorado’s mayors and their counterparts across America owe a bipartisan “thank you” to the U.S. Supreme Court for its ruling last week empowering them to push back at the squalid and dangerous encampments that have overtaken many urban landscapes. The nation’s highest court ruled 6-3 that local government bans on homeless camps are constitutional and…

It was to be the cage match of the century. It was President Joe Biden’s chance to prove his critics wrong by showing himself sharp, alert and fit for another four years. He failed in dramatic fashion, mumbling, bumbling, forgetting thoughts, confusing topics and confirming concerns among Democrats and Republicans. “…Look, if we finally beat…