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As expected, the Grand Junction City Council on Monday added two more tax increase measures to the April ballot. We’re pleased the city pared down its initial proposal of a bigger tax hike to fund both public safety and transportation needs. Read more at The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Twice since 2015, School District 51 has been found in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. But that’s no indictment of D51 as far as we’re concerned. Rather, the violations reveal a system that tends to be adversarial in determining what’s best for disabled children. Read more at The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel…

Wall Street is sitting on $6 trillion. Unutilized and idle. Let that sink in for a moment. The entire federal budget is around $3.8 trillion. What if we could take the shackles off of Wall Street to deploy that $6 trillion in poor and distressed areas of the country like Mesa County? Read more at…

We’re used to seething anger around these parts. Before Donald Trump, it was directed at Barack Obama and his progressive agenda. Now we get a steady stream of letters fearful that Trump is single-handedly turning the country into a despotic regime bent on undermining the rule of law. That’s if people aren’t complaining about roundabouts,…

In normal times, given the devastation that occurred as a result of last year’s wildfires, government personnel would be spending this winter implementing measures to reduce the threat of the upcoming fire season. But these aren’t normal times. The State Forest Service is doing what it can, but with federal fire officials sidelined during the…

In his final interview as governor with Colorado Public Radio, John Hickenlooper lamented being late to recognize the importance of alternatives to college degrees as pathways to good-paying jobs. “If I had to do it over again, I would’ve preferred to recognize what a huge challenge it is that so many young kids aren’t going…

When students return to District 51 schools today after the lengthy holiday break, there will be a total of 11 school resource officers and eight security officers making their presence known in the hallways. It’s part of a local trend of beefing up security in the schools. At the start of 2018, eight school resource…

It’s nearly impossible to point out the impact of vagrancy without sounding heartless and cruel – a point made clear in a recent letter to the editor chiding the Sentinel for characterizing the problem as a “stain” on the community. We appreciate the letter writer’s sentiments. “If you don’t like the realities of poverty, then…

When the Colorado General Assembly convenes for the 72nd legislative session on Friday, expect to see a resurgence of bills that died in committee along party lines in 2018. Several bills could see new life now that Democrats control both chambers of the Legislature. Interestingly, one proposal voted down by Republicans on the Legislative Council…