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‘Move fast and break things’ not way to fix Colorado’s roads | GUEST COLUMN

‘Move fast and break things’ not way to fix Colorado’s roads | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 10 hours ago

By Donna Lynne, Kelly Nordini and Rebecca McClellan This month, after the effects of federal H.R. 1 hit Colorado’s budget like a sledgehammer, Colorado lawmakers...

Amid Colorado’s new rail moment, losing digital infrastructure an economic death sentence | GUEST COLUMN

Amid Colorado’s new rail moment, losing digital infrastructure an economic death sentence | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 10 hours ago

By Taylor Henderson In 1867, former Colorado territorial Gov. John Evans looked at a room of Denver merchants and delivered a blunt warning: the city...

Common-sense guardrails for new data center development benefit people, the planet | GUEST COLUMN

Common-sense guardrails for new data center development benefit people, the planet | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 10 hours ago

By Joe Antus Colorado’s business leaders are right about one thing: Colorado is at an inflection point. In a recent letter to Gov. Jared Polis,...

All Coloradans should have a say at the Public Utilities Commission | GUEST COLUMN

All Coloradans should have a say at the Public Utilities Commission | GUEST COLUMN

Updated 1 day ago

By Emma Pinter I have a sticky note in my kitchen that reminds me of Xcel Energy’s peak hours, when they charge higher rates for...

Proposed data-based marketing bill would hurt small Colorado businesses | OPINION

Proposed data-based marketing bill would hurt small Colorado businesses | OPINION

Updated 1 week ago

By Angel Johnson Six years ago, while I was serving in the military, I launched an e-commerce business selling inclusive, motivational activewear that empowers people...

Colorado’s creative economy needs a business structure that actually fits | OPINION

Colorado’s creative economy needs a business structure that actually fits | OPINION

Updated 1 week ago

By Marc Catlin Across Colorado, people are building something from the ground up.I’ve seen it my whole life. I grew up on a farm in...

It’s time Colorado built back to affordability | OPINION

It’s time Colorado built back to affordability | OPINION

Updated 1 week ago

By Samuel G. Michael The price of calling Colorado home has climbed faster than its fourteeners, and not everyone can keep up. Our beloved state...

Michael A. Hancock’s ‘Rules for Restoration’ to counter radicalism | The OpEdge Podcast

Michael A. Hancock’s ‘Rules for Restoration’ to counter radicalism | The OpEdge Podcast

Updated 1 week ago

In the latest episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast —writer, Denver Gazette columnist and business executive Michael A. Hancock tells OpEdge host...

Colorado state legislators must recognize EMS is essential | OPINION

Colorado state legislators must recognize EMS is essential | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks ago

By Dusty A. Johnson Currently, emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians such as EMTs and paramedics are not listed as essential in Colorado, and that is...

Tap THC beverage tax to address budget gap | OPINION

Tap THC beverage tax to address budget gap | OPINION

Updated 2 weeks 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

Colorado Medicaid director’s resignation long-overdue inflection point for our families, kids | OPINION

Updated 3 weeks 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

Note to Colorado lawmakers — parents protecting kids isn’t abuse, it’s their job | OPINION

Updated 3 weeks 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...

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