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Colorado Medicaid director’s resignation long-overdue inflection point for our families, kids | OPINION
By Heidi Baskfield For years, the consequences of a strained and fragmented Medicaid system have fallen on those least able to navigate it — the children with complex needs and the families fighting to care for them. Though policy debates often happen in abstract terms,…
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The danger of when government goes rogue | Paula Noonan
04/09/2026 | 0
It’s dangerous, even fatal, when government goes rogue whether in a democracy or autocracy. Government officials who ignore or taunt laws that constrain bad acts should be given the heave ho. We’re witnessing these egregious scenarios now at the federal and the Douglas County level….
Yet again, when rights are in conflict | Hal Bidlack
04/07/2026 | 0
I admit, it is going to take quite a bit of self-control to not have this entire column end up being yet another screed about a certain president who continues to shock the world in his race to the bottom of intellectual discourse. Like many,…
Threats inside and out loom for Colorado’s Republicans | Dick Wadhams
04/06/2026 | 0
Colorado Republicans made strides in 2024 despite an insidious state chairman who tried to defeat successful Republican candidates. Newly elected U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd and Jeff Crank fought off unethical opposition from their own state party chairman, making the Colorado congressional delegation a…
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