Author: Lisa Walton

Say this much about Colorado’s gubernatorial race: Voters are getting a clear choice between two candidates with starkly contrasting views. Other than the fact that they’ve both had considerable success in private business, there aren’t many similarities between Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis. They are very nearly polar opposites in their political views. That’s not…

Payday lending is an ugly business. With high interest rates and a short amount of time to pay the loans back, they often put users on a treadmill of debt from which there is no escape. It’s this concern that prompted proponents of Proposition 111 to craft a measure that would limit the maximum annual…

The polarized nature of gun issues recently came into focus in Longmont. The mayor’s attempt to strike a balance through rival gun-safety and gun-rights proclamations only showed that common ground is hard to find. Here’s what the Editorial Advisory Board thinks: The mayor of Longmont, in his attempt to appease both sides of the gun…

It looked last year like Boulder could become the first municipality in Colorado to lower the voting age to 16 for local elections. The effort to do so didn’t make it very far, and now a neighboring city has positioned itself to be the first – voters in Golden will decide in November whether to…

We honestly don’t know if anything a lawsuit against Anadarko Petroleum alleges is true. But it’s a good reminder of one of our most dangerous human traits. We tend to think safety checks, regulations and following guidelines are a waste of time. We’ve been conditioned to think that way because most of the time, if…

The Food and Drug Administration is moving to change how it enforces milk labeling, so that nondairy products such as soy milk could not be called “milk.” Members of the Daily Camera Editorial Advisory Board weights in: The Trump administration’s commitment to kowtow to industry, especially those hell-bent on destroying our planet, is painfully well-established…

Jack Phillips is back in the news. He’s the baker from Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, sparking a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Phillips narrowly prevailed. Now Phillips is in federal court again, suing Colorado this week over…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s Sentinel Colorado editorial is written in coordination with hundreds of newspapers across the nation in a concerted effort to shine a light on efforts by President Donald Trump and others to diminish the credibility of newspapers by disparaging them as “fake news” and dubbing journalists ‘enemies of the people.’ We are the people. In…

If the name Karrar Noaman Al Khammasi doesn’t ring a bell, that’s not the worst thing. A week ago, several Colorado Springs police officers responded to shots fired downtown. They found an armed man, exchanged gunfire, and officer Cem Duzel and the gunman were both wounded. Duzel, 30, was shot in the head. He’s in…

When the Boulder County commissioners in 2016 voted to phase out genetically-engineered crops – GMOs – on county-owned farmland, the plan included measures that were intended to smooth the transition for tenant farmers and ensure good stewardship of the land. There was a proposed research initiative. There was a commitment to help affected farmers avoid…