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Polis tobacco stance is a win for the addiction-for-profit industry | GUEST COLUMN

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By Eric Anderson Give Gov. Jared Polis points for sticking to his guns. Despite a healthy heaping of criticism, Polis has refused to back down...

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman on what sleeping in a homeless shelter is teaching him | The OpEdge Podcast

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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman joins The OpEdge to explore why he’s spent every Friday night since February sleeping at a homeless shelter. Coffman tells host...

Leading Colorado toward modern mental health solutions | GUEST COLUMN

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By Sean Camacho America is facing a silent crisis. Millions of Americans are living with invisible illnesses like generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder...

Colorado’s workers can’t afford a decline in tourism | GUEST COLUMN

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By Terrance Carroll Work is about more than a paycheck. It is about dignity, stability and the ability to build a life, to provide for...

The perils of Colorado’s unregulated abortions | GUEST COLUMN

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Who gets to decide Colorado’s economic future? | GUEST COLUMN

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Colorado has a playbook for youth mental health — our next governor must use it | GUEST COLUMN

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Private equity has no place in health care | GUEST COLUMN

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Lindsay Datko on school safety, misconduct and transparency in Jeffco schools | The OpEdge Podcast

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Colorado’s role in Spirit Airlines’ demise should not be ignored | GUEST COLUMN

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The new Trustees Report is a wake-up call for Congress | GUEST COLUMN

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Dustin Zvonek pinpoints Colorado’s housing-first homelessness failures | The OpEdge Podcast

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Robert Rodriguez spoke softly and carried a big stick | GUEST COLUMN

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Polis protects system rigged against workers | GUEST COLUMN

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Rachel Gabel diagnoses Colorado’s sharp rural-urban divide | The OpEdge Podcast

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Gazette columnist Rachel Gabel, editor of The Fence Post Magazine, says Gov. Jared Polis has ushered in an unprecedented era of tone-deafness to rural Colorado....

Help adult smokers transition away from cigarettes | GUEST COLUMN

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By Brian Erkkila Colorado families, educators and public-health leaders have spent years working to prevent underage tobacco use — and the newest national data suggest...

High-potency hemp products are hurting Colorado kids | GUEST COLUMN

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By Heidi Lawrence Six years ago, my daughter, by most metrics, was a typical overachieving teenager. She was a straight-A, pre-professional ballet dancer. She loved...

Michael Fields reviews Colorado’s 2026 legislative session | The OpEdge Podcast

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Michael Fields, executive director of Advance Colorado, joins OpEdge host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger to assess the good, the bad and the ugly of...

Quiet at the state Capitol doesn’t mean silence on energy policy | GUEST COLUMN

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The history, and future, of extinction in Colorado | GUEST COLUMN

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Colorado is too wealthy to keep cutting basic services | GUEST COLUMN

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DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast

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As the AI age evolves, Colorado must step up to protect our kids | GUEST COLUMN

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Strengthening Colorado’s mental-health workforce | GUEST COLUMN

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Superintendent Michael Gaal on why schools work better without union contracts | The OpEdge Podcast

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The rural voice missing from the Nexstar debate | GUEST COLUMN

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Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin

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Protecting the integrity of Colorado’s legal profession | GUEST COLUMN

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By Jason Wesoky and Loren Furman Private-equity profits should not influence legal decisions between Coloradans and their attorneys. This principle is the driving force behind...

Legislature’s budget footnote punishes students who need help most | GUEST COLUMN

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By Eric Hogue Thousands of Colorado students are now facing uncertainty about their fall college plans because of a recent decision by the Colorado legislature....

Why Colorado needs accountability and transparency in AI decision making | GUEST COLUMN

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By Jack Johnson and Hillary Jorgensen There are always pros and cons with advances in technology. Cars revolutionized transportation, allowing their owners unprecedented mobility —...

Can a law be neutral if it overrides faith-based beliefs? | GUEST COLUMN

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By Joseph C. Stewart In what seems like a quintessential “Only in America” parody, there is a correlation between unemployment benefits, smoking peyote, and LGBTQ...