Author: Denver Gazette Editorial Board

First-time home buyers and others shut out of Colorado’s ever-less-affordable housing market can thank state lawmakers — and the lawyers’ lobby that pulls their strings. Last week, the Legislature once again punted on reforming liability laws that have stymied construction of affordable, entry-level condominium housing in our state for years. Which means, yet again, many…

As Colorado tilts to the left, the state’s Republicans need fresh, compelling, dynamic leaders who can lift their party out of its current doldrums. Especially in those stretches of the state that still lean to the right. Voters in one such region — the vast and overwhelmingly Republican 4th Congressional District, which spans the eastern…

Easy access to drugs and guns as well as sexual exploitation are among the many predatory influences beckoning Colorado’s kids through social media. And while parents are the ultimate arbiters and last line of defense against what their kids see online, there are some sensible steps we can take as a state to help safeguard…

As if Colorado consumers weren’t already reeling from years of inflation, a federal regulation is about to raise what it costs to fill up your tank. By an estimated 60 cents per gallon. Starting May 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require northern Front Range gas stations to sell much pricier, reformulated gasoline all…

As if Colorado consumers weren’t already reeling from years of inflation, a federal regulation is about to raise what it costs to fill up your tank. By an estimated 60 cents per gallon. Starting May 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require northern Front Range gas stations to sell much pricier, reformulated gasoline all…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is whistling past the graveyard — almost literally, considering the implications of his proposed cuts to the city’s public safety budget. His administration and some allied City Council members have tried to put a positive spin on the cuts, as reported in The Gazette this week. But the reality is Denver’s…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is whistling past the graveyard — almost literally, considering the implications of his proposed cuts to the city’s public safety budget. His administration and some allied City Council members have tried to put a positive spin on the cuts, as reported in The Gazette this week. But the reality is Denver’s…

Anyone for a shorter legislative session? Right about now, probably a lot of members of Colorado’s Legislature would say yes as they face weeks more before the session ends next month. A lot of rank-and-file Coloradans wouldn’t mind, either, even if only to nudge bloviating pols away from the podium and out of the news…

Anyone for a shorter legislative session? Right about now, probably a lot of members of Colorado’s Legislature would say yes as they face weeks more before the session ends next month. A lot of rank-and-file Coloradans wouldn’t mind, either, even if only to nudge bloviating pols away from the podium and out of the news…

The pot propagators of today can’t seem to agree on the origin of the annual “4/20” observance that is coming up Saturday — the backstory has various versions — and the marijuana-muddled minds that thought it up in the first place probably don’t remember. Whatever the dubious date is supposed to signify, permit us to…