Author: The Denver Post Editorial Board

When the new veterans hospital in Aurora finally opens sometime this summer – if that’s when it does in fact open – it should forever be remembered as one heck of a classic showcase of government waste. Delayed for years and vastly beyond its budget, the Department of Veterans Affairs was to announce later this…

Deputy-recorded videos of the night Matthew Riehl killed one person and injured six others using military-style assault rifles to fire through the door and walls of his Douglas County bedroom also captured law enforcement officers at their best. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock has opened up his department to intense scrutiny by releasing the video…

So much for our “stable genius” president’s promise earlier this week to work toward meaningful immigration reform. His now infamous remarks questioning why the United States of America should accept immigrants from Haiti and some African nations suggest his mind is too cluttered with racial animus for anything of value to ever filter through. Hopefully our…

Ever the optimist over the past seven years, Gov. John Hickenlooper didn’t disappoint in his final State of the State address Thursday. Brushing aside the toxic politics that fester in our nation, the governor sought to tackle pervasive Colorado problems with pragmatic policy suggestions. It was one of the governor’s more specific and detailed stands at the…

For supporters of comprehensive immigration reform, President Donald Trump’s White House meeting with several congressional Democrats and Republicans Tuesday served as a remarkable moment in time, but can anyone trust that the president’s promise to “take the heat” and get it done? Count us among those fully willing to give the immigration hardliner credit should…

With the kickoff of the 2018 Colorado General Assembly Wednesday, we urge the 100 legislators from across the state working under the Gold Dome to focus on government’s core duties and exercise fiscal responsibility. It’s not going to be easy. For the first time in a long time, general fund revenue is growing at a healthy…

On New Year’s Eve, political protesters tarnished their reputation and their cause by harassing a U.S. senator and his family at their home. Colorado’s junior senator, Cory Gardner, brought in the new year with his wife and three young children – ages 3 to 14 – in their rural Yuma home, and activists gathered outside…

Like a broken record stuck playing one of the greatest flaws in this great state ad nauseam, voters will likely be asked again to tax themselves to fund Colorado schools. The education news outlet Chalkbeat reported this week that a group of advocates for increased school funding cleared the first hurdle in getting a tax…

Douglas County sheriff’s Deputy Zackari Parrish was killed Sunday morning knowingly responding to one of the most volatile and dangerous calls law enforcement officers get – a domestic abuse complaint tinged with mental health concerns. Parrish and the four other law enforcement officers and deputies injured in an ambush shooting were certainly aware of the dangers,…

Bicycles equipped with small electric motors – e-bikes – could be an integral piece to solving the puzzle that is the Denver metro area’s unacceptable commuter congestion. The technology puts a 20-mile or 30-mile bike commute within the reach of almost everyone capable of riding a bike and can make carrying heavy cargo, like kids…