Author: Denver Gazette Editorial Board

A day after a new economic forecast told Coloradans to lower their expectations for growth and prosperity, a study released by the state’s chamber of commerce offered insights as to why that might be. As reported by The Gazette, a study commissioned by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce found that ours is the sixth-most regulated…

Colorado’s ruling Democrats have at least two things going for them right now. One is that they are not as bad off as Colorado’s Republican Party, which has been in such disarray it’s only a slight exaggeration to say no one’s sure who’s in charge. The other strength the Colorado Democratic Party can point to…

Our congratulations to Colorado state Senate President-elect James Coleman, D-Denver, who was chosen unanimously for his new post last week by his fellow Democrats in the upper chamber. He will be confirmed when the Legislature reconvenes at the Capitol in January. Coleman and other members chosen to leadership positions in the Senate as well as…

In a bold stroke of investigative reporting, The Gazette’s news staff has unearthed what amounts to a searing indictment of Colorado’s reckless sanctuary policies. A smoking gun, if you will. As The Gazette reported last week, a cache of emails obtained by our news team from Aurora police makes clear Colorado’s repute as a haven…

During his rally in Aurora on Friday, President Donald Trump made a pledge worth holding him to if he’s elected to another term. Congress and the president must put a stop to sanctuary cities. Trump had no good reason to campaign in Aurora, given his near-zero chance of winning this state’s 10 electoral votes. He…

Denver needs affordable housing; on that point, we would agree with Mayor Mike Johnston. It’s how he proposes to address the issue — socking taxpayers for an additional $100 million a year and handing his administration essentially a blank check — that jumps the rails. Meanwhile, the city’s medical-care provider of last resort, Denver Health,…

Colorado’s innovative charter schools have been raising the bar for public education in our state — and setting the pace nationwide — for over three decades. They also have been winning parents’ hearts and minds along the way. The wildly popular charter school movement now serves some 137,000 K-12 public school students at 268 public…

See Colorado, said former President Donald Trump during a stump speech in California on Friday. “The (Colorado) governor can’t talk about it because he can’t go against the policies of these lunatics that want all these people to come into our country without knowing who they are,” Trump said, referring to more than 40,000 migrants…

Elected leaders who really want to know what’s on voters’ minds heading into this fall’s general election will look beyond issues that are hot buttons for only one party in public opinion surveys. What matters more are the issues that resonate across the usual political boundaries. That’s especially so in Colorado, where just under half…

The Gazette and other Colorado media have been reporting multiple accounts of armed gangs violently taking over several apartment complexes in Aurora. Credible allegations — arising from investigations by Aurora police as well as a major law firm — include that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua was responsible for the severe beating last year…