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Rural Colorado deserves a tax holiday | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 5 hours ago

Spend enough time in Colorado’s Eastern Plains, the San Luis Valley, or the Western Slope, and you’ll see boarded-up storefronts, schools consolidating classrooms, and small...

Stop making business the health care scapegoat | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 6 days ago

By John Carson It is perhaps a sad commentary in the wake of our nation’s 250th birthday to note even in this hyper-polarized age, one...

Could an independent win CD-1?

Updated 6 days ago

Turnout in Colorado’s 2026 primary election should concern many citizens. Only 36% of active registered voters participated, meaning a relatively small share of the electorate...

The CPW Commission’s act of courage | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 1 week ago

By Eric Washburn Winston Churchill once said: “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, as has been said, it is the quality...

The CPW Commission’s act of courage | GUEST COLUMN

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Energy security starts at home | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 2 weeks ago

The fight should be against corporate power, not local news | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 2 weeks ago

Amy Oliver Cooke warns Colorado’s energy policies threaten grid reliability | The OpEdge Podcast

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

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

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Leading Colorado toward modern mental health solutions | GUEST COLUMN

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

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The perils of Colorado’s unregulated abortions | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 1 month ago

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

Updated 1 month ago

By Karen Ron-Li Liaw From the rural communities on the western slope to the eastern plains, to the major urban regions on the Front Range,...

Private equity has no place in health care | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 1 month ago

By Miah Ntepp Of all the financial pressures placed on working people in this country, the skyrocketing costs of health care rank near the top....

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

Updated 1 month ago

Jeffco Kids First founder Lindsay Datko joins The OpEdge to explore concerns about school safety, staff misconduct and transparency in Jefferson County Schools. Datko tells...

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

Updated 2 months ago

By Robin Rossenfeld At a time when Colorado families are already struggling with rising transportation costs, the collapse of Spirit Airlines could not come at...

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

Updated 2 months ago

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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Help adult smokers transition away from cigarettes | GUEST COLUMN

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

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

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

By Kathy White and Lydia McCoy Colorado is a wealthy state. It may be hard to believe right now because so many of us are...

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

Updated 2 months ago

Common Sense Institute’s Director of Communications & Research Operations DJ Summers dives deep with The OpEdge Podcast host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger regarding Colorado’s...

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

Updated 3 months ago

By Ann O’Leary Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities for young people to learn, create, explore and build confidence. It is opening new doors for...