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Which Colorado candidate for governor will commit to the ‘public’ in public education? | Paula Noonan

Updated 16 hours ago

The General Assembly finished its work with a flurry, not a whimper. The Joint Budget Committee (JBC) managed to outplay Gov. Jared Polis with its...

Solar and wind —what a difference a border makes | Hal Bidlack

Updated 3 days ago

If you ask most Americans where Colorado and Wyoming are on a map, they will likely be able to find us, somewhere out west. A...

Antitrust suit seeks better prices for farmers | Rachel Gabel

Updated 4 days ago

A stack of papers is keeping eastern Colorado and western Kansas farmers out of the lucrative west-coast market and bringing a group together to levy an...

The community-less, hyper-online citizen is a threat to democracy | Miller Hudson

Updated 4 days ago

Robert Putnam, a political scientist and sociologist, first came to widespread public attention with his turn-of-the-century tome, “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American...

Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin

Updated 4 days ago

Colorado’s rulers save democracy from the voters | Jon Caldara

Updated 5 days ago

Colorado needs a sane, viable opposition party | SONDERMANN

Updated 6 days ago

It’s almost Sine Die and it can’t come soon enough | Capitol M | Week of May 9, 2026

Updated 6 days ago

From Antero to Trump, gaslighting too often more common than accountability | Paula Noonan

Updated 1 week ago

Real and durable wins for pro-choice? Maybe not so much | Hal Bidlack

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado needs another Bill Owens — who kept up our roads | Dick Wadhams

Updated 2 weeks ago

If we want to save the chicken, we have to save ranching | Rachel Gabel

Updated 2 weeks ago

We the people are no longer the government of Colorado | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 weeks ago

The need for a governor to say “no” to his friends | SONDERMANN

Updated 2 weeks ago

The uncharted implications of increasing unaffiliateds ahead of Colorado’s primaries | Paula Noonan

Updated 2 weeks ago

The primaries are about 60 days away. The large majority of statewide races will be decided on June 30. Those contests will be between moderate...

Kudos for cooperation on critical Colorado water issues related to tribal communities | Hal Bidlack

Updated 2 weeks ago

Way back in 1997, while I was still an active-duty Air Force officer, I was working a summer temporary duty assignment during the academic break...

Like Hart, sky-high political prospects of Swalwell given ‘The Monkey Business’ | Miller Hudson

Updated 3 weeks ago

Eric Swalwell’s promising political career has likely reached an ignominious terminus. The man who aspired to the presidency in 2020 was plotting another route to...

State clean-energy edicts trump local concerns, interests in Elbert County | Rachel Gabel

Updated 3 weeks ago

A commission appointed by one man, the state’s governor, overruled the decision of a board of county commissioners elected by stakeholders across Elbert County. The...

Such hubris never before seen in Colorado | Jon Caldara

Updated 3 weeks ago

Mountain Lion/Pheasant Green Chile a hit! | Capitol M | Week of April 25, 2026

Updated 3 weeks ago

Passenger train service from Denver to Fort Collins? | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 3 weeks ago

The applicability of Hungary’s election to our politics | SONDERMANN

Updated 3 weeks ago

Is integration the best way to mitigate Colorado education’s achievement, opportunity gaps? | Paula Noonan

Updated 3 weeks ago

A workhorse emerges in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District? | Hal Bidlack

Updated 3 weeks ago

Voters sour on Dems — as Republicans head for the cliff | Dick Wadhams

Updated 4 weeks ago

When former friends conclude we are the problem, we have a problem | Miller Hudson

Updated 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Sandhill ranching wrecked by Morrill Fire | Rachel Gabel

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado’s lawmakers lie on the ballot, again, to take away TABOR | Jon Caldara

Updated 4 weeks ago

Lincoln – Pragmatic, persistent, partisan coalition-builder | Tom Cronin

Updated 4 weeks ago

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 161 years ago this week, six days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia....

A happier budget week | Capitol M | Week of April 18, 2026

Updated 4 weeks ago

It’s budget time at the state Capitol, and generally, it’s a humorless situation. It certainly was that way in the House last week, with a...

The grift at the core of Colorado ed department’s ‘innovation programs’ | Paula Noonan

Updated 4 weeks ago

Colorado’s K-12 school finance, transparency and accountability systems have urgent, connected problems with a slow-motion state response. Money is spilling out of school finance funds...

Cherry Creek school district plays defense | Jimmy Sengenberger

Updated 1 month ago

Cherry Creek Schools is a shadow of its former self. When I graduated from Grandview High School in 2008, the district still earned its motto: “Dedicated...