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Colorado must continue finding common ground on wildfire policy | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 3 days ago

By John Herrick Colorado has never lacked for opinions about wildfire policy. We debate forest management, climate change, prescribed burns, land use, air quality and...

Proposition NN is the best investment for Colorado’s students and schools | GUEST COLUMN

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By Justin Ogden Colorado families know what it means to make difficult budget decisions. Inflation has driven up the cost of groceries, housing, utilities and...

Disagreement doesn’t have to mean disrespect | GUEST COLUMN

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By Vincent Atchity These days, it doesn’t take long to feel overwhelmed by politics. Turn on the news, scroll through social media or read the...

Cedric Pride’s blueprint for opportunity through the trades | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 6 days ago

Cedric Pride, CEO of the nonprofit Pride Initiative in Denver, joins The OpEdge with a blueprint for workforce development, skilled trades, and economic opportunity. Pride...

Colorado’s No. 1 education ranking should raise our ambition | GUEST COLUMN

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Colorado’s No. 1 education ranking reflects the power of school choice | GUEST COLUMN

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Colorado can’t afford to turn its back on proven public safety technology | GUEST COLUMN

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Meghan Shay on recovery, responsibility and second chances | The OpEdge Podcast

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Rural Colorado deserves a tax holiday | GUEST COLUMN

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Stop making business the health care scapegoat | GUEST COLUMN

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Could an independent win CD-1?

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The CPW Commission’s act of courage | GUEST COLUMN

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The CPW Commission’s act of courage | GUEST COLUMN

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Energy security starts at home | GUEST COLUMN

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

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By Sara Almerri Having practised competition and antitrust law for much of my professional career, I have litigated these issues, studied the doctrine, and watched...

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

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Amy Oliver Cooke, Independence Institute senior fellow and Always On Energy Research co-founder, joins The OpEdge to dissect Colorado’s energy transition, grid reliability, and the...

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

Updated 1 month ago

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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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

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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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President Teddy Roosevelt was known to have said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” The phrase was a reference to his leadership style, in...

Polis protects system rigged against workers | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 2 months ago

By Jeremy Ross Shame on Gov. Jared Polis. He used his veto pen again to indulge the billionaire corporate elite by denying the freedom of...

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

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

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...