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They don’t make ’em like Ben Nighthorse Campbell anymore | GABEL
There are many things to appreciate about the late Ben Nighthorse Campbell, but one of the items at the top of the list is his belief that it’s more important to kill bad bills than to sign onto a mediocre bill in the name of visibility. His time in the statehouse was the era of…
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Colorado’s ski bums on strike vs. ‘Big Ski’ | CALDARA
Hopefully, by the time you read this, the strike up at Telluride Ski Resort is over, ski patrollers are again joyfully sliding down mountains and getting paid for it, and tourists are once again being overcharged for… well, everything. But there are some lessons buried in this story of ski bums going all Norma Rae…
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Rounding up a year that mostly won’t be missed | BIDLACK
As I sat down to write this, my last column of 2025, I reflected back on a year that was, well, interesting from an old political science professor’s perspective, but which contained a lot of pain for a lot of people. And as is pretty much always the case, I found Colorado Politics to be…
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Colorado’s next governor should make kids in foster care a priority | OPINION
By Shari F. Shink The next governor of Colorado has the chance to improve the lives of thousands of children in foster care and we’re not talking about new legislation. It’s a matter of making these invisible kids a priority and having the willpower to make the system more transparent and accountable. It might not…