Commentaries
Tap THC beverage tax to address budget gap | OPINION
Updated 8 hours ago
By Christine Lafferty Colorado is faced with the largest budget deficit in recent memory — calculated to be a $1.5 billion hole according to the...
Colorado Medicaid director’s resignation long-overdue inflection point for our families, kids | OPINION
Updated 4 days ago
By Heidi Baskfield For years, the consequences of a strained and fragmented Medicaid system have fallen on those least able to navigate it — the...
Note to Colorado lawmakers — parents protecting kids isn’t abuse, it’s their job | OPINION
Updated 4 days ago
By Matt Sharp and Sharon Supp During the last few years, the U.S. Supreme Court has made at least one thing clear: Colorado is consistently...
H.R. 1 underscores unfairness in Colorado tax code | OPINION
Updated 4 days ago
By Caroline Nutter On July 4, 2025, Colorado’s budget was overturned with the stroke of a pen. When President Donald Trump signed into law H.R....
The future of Colorado condo development | OPINION
Updated 5 days ago
George Brauchler on Colorado’s ‘Jailbreak’ | The OpEdge Podcast
Updated 6 days ago
Preserving access for vulnerable communities should be a top priority in Congress | OPINION
Updated 6 days ago
Turn blueprint into action with the Outdoors Opportunities Act | OPINION
Updated 1 week ago
Let Colorado’s communities govern their own neighborhoods | OPINION
Updated 1 week ago
The Centennial State’s nuclear energy opportunity | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
More pain than gain in upending Colorado’s water-access laws | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
Guardianship is not a homelessness policy | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
Ready to build next-gen clean-energy infrastructure — data centers included | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
Mental health education for coaches can help young athletes on and off the field | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
SB26-140 will protect access to rare disease treatments | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
By Amanda Boone There are moments in life that leave an indelible mark on your soul. For me, one came in the middle of the...
Lawmakers hold the key to solving Colorado’s mental health crisis | OPINION
Updated 2 weeks ago
By Ryan M. Burkhart The U.S. is currently in the midst of a mental health crisis, and here in Colorado, more than 28% of residents...
From pause to progress — a better path on AI policy | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
By Brittany Morris Saunders and Loren Furman Last year, following the Special Legislative Session, we wrote in Colorado Politics that delaying Colorado’s AI Act was...
Cutting Prop 123 would cost Colorado far more than it saves | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
By Luke Teater Colorado’s legislative budget writers are about to receive updated revenue forecasts and begin making final cuts to close a historic budget gap,...
Reject onerous ad limits in sports-betting bill | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
Reform to Colorado’s grantmaking drives efficiency, strengthens state’s partnership with nonprofits | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
Fix the process before reauthorizing state PUC | OPINION
Updated 3 weeks ago
Modernizing Pinnacol is about its members, not politics | IN RESPONSE
Updated 3 weeks ago
Colorado’s election audits are built on math, not politics | IN RESPONSE
Updated 1 month ago
A warrant should mean something — expedite carrying them out | OPINION
Updated 1 month ago
Keep kids safe without overregulating childcare | OPINION
Updated 1 month ago
Legislation would undermine educational opportunity | OPINION
Updated 1 month ago
Medicaid cuts for critical care hurts providers, reduces access to the best care for patients | OPINION
Updated 1 month ago
Colorado can be a gamechanger in regulating GLP-1 weight loss drugs | OPINION
Updated 1 month ago
Colorado’s public lands are not for sale | OPINION
Updated 1 month ago
By Jonathan Houck Our state is defined by its public land. It shapes our communities, our economy and our Colorado way of life. Just driving...
When the snow doesn’t fall — securing Colorado’s water future through storage | OPINION
Updated 2 months ago
By Ron Redd This winter has delivered sobering news for Colorado. Snowpack levels across much of the state are at record lows in 2026, and...
Are we all post-liberals now? | Luige del Puerto
Updated 3 months ago
Three decades after the end of World War II, a Japanese soldier finally returned to his home country after holding out in the jungles of...
Off target on ozone
Updated 5 months ago
Our state’s air-quality agencies have posted our ozone results for 2025, and once again, the official ozone levels for Front Range Colorado exceed allowable federal...