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| Sep 18, 2026 | Colorado lawmaker sues to block legislative committee’s findings of ‘egregious’ behavior | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A Littleton state lawmaker sued the Colorado House’s workplace harassment committee on Thursday, hours after it unanimously recommended that an unnamed representative face several punishments for a... |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Colorado River water cuts are coming. What will they mean for housing? | Since the height of the pandemic housing market boom, markets across the Sun Belt region have witnessed an influx of housing inventory. But as some markets have been flooded with inventory, the region’s water supply has begun to dwindle.
Du... |
| Sep 10, 2026 | In Denver visit, top congressional Democrat condemns President Trump’s ‘revenge’ targeting of Colorado | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump is “very focused on revenge” in Colorado but stopped short Wednesday of saying Democrats could base an impeachment inquiry on the a... |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Scientists Trace Half of West Water Crisis to Named Fossil Fuel Giants | By Brandi Henkel
Published: Aug 25 2026, 11:47 AM EDT
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| Aug 17, 2026 | Colorado’s Youth Mental Health Corps improves student attendance and behavior | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Marissa Garcia can barely finish a sentence before a student stops to chat with her. She’s sitting in the blue-walled wellness room in the high school wing of York International School in Thornton.... |
| Aug 15, 2026 | Extreme drought is frying Colorado. Why do half of its biggest towns lack mandatory watering restrictions? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Want to water your grass limitlessly without risking a fine? In some Front Range towns, residents still can water without inhibition despite searing drought. A green yard is visible in front of a d... |
| Aug 14, 2026 | ‘Smoking gun’ email shows White House summoned agencies to Colorado-focused meeting amid Tina Peters furor | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
In mid-December, an assistant to President Donald Trump summoned officials from several federal agencies to a meeting so they could discuss what to do about Colorado.
Under the subject line “brains... |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Tyler Boebert Arrested on Child Exploitation Felonies That Could Void 2024 Plea Deal | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 10 2026, 3:50 PM EDT
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| Aug 7, 2026 | Victor Marx warns that the media is coming for Christians. We’re not. (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
“Now the attacks are escalating,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx posted on social media this week. “Watch whether the attacks focus on the issues or on Christianity itself. Watch wh... |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Clover Lawns Cut Water Bills by Half While Denver Fines Homeowners for Watering Grass | By Clark Johnson
Published: Aug 04 2026, 7:09 AM EDT
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| Aug 2, 2026 | Affordable housing often costs more to build than market‑rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Solomon Greene
In much of the United States, developers spend more to build an affordable apartment for a low-income family than a market-rate one just down the street – sometimes far more. It i... |
| Jul 24, 2026 | General Assembly Dems Urge Colorado’s Congressional Delegation to Protect Federal Funding for Domestic Violence Survivors | Federal Victims of Crime Act funding has been slashed by over 75 percent in Colorado since 2018
DENVER, CO - General Assembly Democrats today sent a letter to Colorado’s congressional delegation, calling on them to protect federal funding f... |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Take pains to avoid this nasty stomach bug (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Summertime’s synonymous with warm weather and outdoor recreational pursuits.
It’s also a popular time to use that grill instead of the oven, and to serve a variety of salads instead of cooked veget... |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Marx Secures Colorado GOP Nod Amidst Controversy, Eyes Weiser Showdown | Victor Marx, a controversial first-time candidate, secured the Colorado GOP gubernatorial primary. He narrowly defeated veteran Barb Kirkmeyer after a prolonged, nine-day ballot count. Marx campaigned as an outsider, bypassing traditional d... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for Colorado governor, has an unusual backstory. Here’s what to know. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Editor’s note: This story was adapted from a profile of Victor Marx by The Denver Post, originally published in June, and from other recent coverage of the Colorado governor’s race.
Colorado Republ... |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Boulder should halt use of Flock – and all other automatic license plate readers (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Brian C. Keegan, Jed Brown and Andrew Brandt
The City of Boulder will choose a new vendor in the coming weeks to run the city’s automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). The city’s deployment of ... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | In Colorado’s battleground race, Rep. Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel make their case to voters now that match is set | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The final battle phase is now set in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, where over the next 120 days, two men of the same generation will fight for a seat that could well determine control of C... |
| Jun 27, 2026 | A-Corps allow creative workers a way to refuse theft of their autonomy (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Michael Sy Uy
To be or not to be, to form an LLC or a 501(c)(3)? For artists working together, the choice has typically been one or the other: form a business or form a nonprofit arts organizati... |
| Jun 14, 2026 | Colorado’s fiercest congressional primary draws big spending as Democrats battle to take on Rep. Gabe Evans | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A couple at last weekend’s Thorntonfest approached Manny Rutinel, a contender in the state’s most cutthroat congressional race, with one question on their minds.
“Where do you stand in regard to IC... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | These Colorado essential workers can do their jobs because they have childcare: ‘It’s vital’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Austin Vance helps keep the lights on in Fort Collins. Lineworker Austin Vance poses for a portrait at Fort Collins’ Utilities Service Center on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The ... |
| Jun 10, 2026 | How Cubs fans turn Coors Field into Wrigley Field West, much to the displeasure of the Rockies | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Wrigley Field West, aka Coors Field, was crawling with Cubs fans on Tuesday night.
Fans like Darren Bellini from Rock Falls, Ill., who’s rooted for the Cubs since his grandmother, Pearl, indoctrina... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | JOINT RELEASE: ICYMI: SIGNED! Bill to Fight Back Against Federal Coal Mandates | DENVER, CO — Governor Jared Polis on June 4 signed legislation to fight back against federal mandates that force aging coal plants to stay operational, which will drive up costs to ratepayers and hinder Colorado’s clean energy future.
“With... |
| Jun 5, 2026 | JOINT RELEASE: ICYMI: SIGNED! Bill to Fight Back Against Federal Coal Mandates | DENVER, CO — Governor Jared Polis yesterday signed legislation to fight back against federal mandates that force aging coal plants to stay operational, which will drive up costs to ratepayers and hinder Colorado’s clean energy future.
“With... |
| Jun 1, 2026 | ICYMI: Mauro’s Bipartisan Bill to Protect Water Resources Signed Into Law | HB26-1340 will require water buyers to prioritize revegetation and dryland farming when making certain changes to the land
DENVER, CO – Last week, Governor Jared Polis signed legislation to ensure long-term and responsible management of wat... |
| May 31, 2026 | From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Ernesto Sagás
In Colorado, a national debate about the role of Latinos in American society has deep roots in the state’s history, current identity — and future.
I’m a professor of ethnic studies... |
| May 24, 2026 | A tempered legislative session points us to the November election (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
On May 13, the 2026 Colorado Legislative session came to an end. The 120-day session was thankfully less dramatic than other recent sessions, but it was also less defined by successful lawmaking.
W... |
| May 5, 2026 | Fire season outlook: CU Boulder event to talk Indigenous firefighting strategies | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The University of Colorado Boulder will host a free in-person and online panel discussion for the general public on Thursday about Indigenous firefighting techniques and the outlook for the 2026 fi... |
| Apr 19, 2026 | A Denver-Boulder train is 20 years overdue. Let’s make CoCo real by 2029. (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
For a few months now, there has been something approaching cautious optimism that a promise made more than 20 years ago was going to be fulfilled: a passenger train connecting Denver, Boulder and L... |
| Apr 13, 2026 | As cities gobble up water rights, we can’t let Colorado fields become wastelands (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Columns of whirling dirt thousands of feet high caught my eye as I hurtled down the highway past barren land. At the sight of the enormous dust devils, my mind skipped to the 1979 cult classic “Mad... |
| Apr 12, 2026 | Winter’s alarmingly low snowpack offers a glimpse of the changing rhythm of water in the western US (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Imtiaz Rangwala
Winter is more than just a season in the western U.S. – it is a savings account to get farms and homes through the long, dry summer ahead. As the snowpack that accumulates in the... |
| Apr 5, 2026 | Colorado is nearing another massive budget cut. Medicaid will take the brunt — and it may not be the last shortfall. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
For the third time in two years, Colorado’s budget-writing lawmakers are close to filling a gobsmacking budget gap — this time, a $1.5 billion shortfall in the general fund for the state’s next fis... |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Colorado SNAP soda ban on hold, but Polis plans order to end state spending on sugary drinks and alcohol | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado’s proposed ban on allowing the largest food assistance program to pay for soft drinks is on hold while a lawsuit against the federal government plays out, but Gov. Jared Polis is planning ... |
| Apr 1, 2026 | TV station megamerger is a threat to First Amendment freedoms (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The state of American democracy took another dark turn under the Trump administration this month. The Federal Communications Commission effectively rubber-stamped Texas-based Nexstar Media Group In... |
| Mar 29, 2026 | Boulder’s water supply is healthy, but we must still remain good stewards of our most precious resource (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
To say it has been unseasonably hot would be an understatement. Instead of a traditional Colorado winter of cold weather and snow, the past few months have brought record-breaking temperatures and ... |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Trump’s cuts to Medicaid threaten services that help disabled people live at home | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Tony Leys, KFF Health News
OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of wh... |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Nevada debuts public option amid tumultuous federal changes to health care | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News
More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lowe... |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Amid Trump election threats, Colorado House passes bill that would extend mail voting, drop-off periods | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would give voters more time to vote and drop off their ballots amid President Donald Trump’s threats to buck the Constitution by trying to nationaliz... |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Palantir leaves Colorado after politicians chose voters over dirty money (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Jacinta Gonzalez
Earlier this month, Palantir Technologies, the controversial data-mining firm at the center of ICE’s mass-deportation campaign, announced it would leave Denver and move its head... |
| Feb 16, 2026 | Denver considers kicking out Flock — but still using license plate cameras | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Denver is considering ending its relationship with Flock, a controversial company that maintains a network of license-plate reading cameras in the city, but Mayor Mike Johnston’s office plans to co... |
| Feb 16, 2026 | No season tickets while CU works with Key Lime; each of us can do something; an Olympian proud of America (Letters) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
No tickets while CU contracts with Key Lime
I am a longtime CU women’s basketball season ticket holder. I retired from CU as the Director of the Office of Victim Assistance at the end of 2011. The ... |
| Feb 15, 2026 | Colorado’s ski resorts face an existential threat — and growing call for climate action | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Amid a tangle of environmentalists rallying at the Colorado Capitol for immediate action on climate change, a suit-clad representative from one of the state’s most iconic industries took the microp... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Xcel must consider citizens with special needs; keep supporting BIFF; our emperor has no clothes (Letters) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Xcel must consider citizens with special needs
I am a 95-year-old professional woman who lives alone and requires nightly oxygen and has mobility problems. I had a very difficult time during the Xc... |
| Jan 18, 2026 | The federal occupation of Minnesota begs the question: What happens if we’re next? (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
“Under siege.” “Invasion.” “Occupied.” These are not words and phrases we are accustomed to applying to the United States of America, but it has become hard to call the Trump administration’s actio... |
| Jan 11, 2026 | Colorado faces a funding crisis for child care − local communities hope to fill the gaps (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Jenn Finders
Colorado is the sixth-least affordable state for child care in the nation. Costs for center-based care average 14% of a two-parent household’s median income and 45% of a single pare... |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver Health pause gender-affirming care for minors again | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Children’s Hospital Colorado and Denver Health have suspended gender-affirming hormonal treatments for minors again, though transgender youth can still get care in Colorado from providers that don’... |
| Jan 3, 2026 | Community Editorial Board: New Year’s resolutions for Boulder | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: There is no time for a fresh star... |
| Dec 27, 2025 | Local governments need Xcel to step up on clean heat (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Anita Seitz
The topic of transitioning Colorado communities off gas heating has generated controversial headlines following a recent decision by state regulators requiring Xcel Energy to cut cli... |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Boulder County to eliminate tax on period products, diapers thanks to CU student advocacy | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
At 17 years old, Aspen Rawson used toilet paper instead of period products to make it through work and afford food.
“I know that even a couple of cents can make a difference in being able to purcha... |
| Dec 21, 2025 | Trump Administration Targets Leading Climate Lab, Igniting National Controversy | The Trump administration moves to shut down Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a global leader in climate science. White House officials label it "climate alarmism" and "left-wing lunacy." This mo... |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The Trump administration’s plans to shut down and dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder — a global leader in climate and Earth systems research — drew sharp rebukes from... |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Polis all in on Trump’s tax-credit scholarship while other Democratic governors wait and see | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Gov. Jared Polis plans to opt Colorado into a federal tax-credit scholarship program, opening the door to private school choice in a Democratic state where lawmakers and voters have rejected previo... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Colorado Sen. Faith Winter killed in 5-vehicle crash on I-25 near Centennial | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
State Sen. Faith Winter was killed Wednesday night in a five-vehicle crash that closed northbound Interstate 25 near Centennial, according to news reports.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and legislative... |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Government reopening takes ‘sledgehammer’ to hemp and CBD industries, Colorado advocates say | Updated at 5:14 p.m. on Nov. 13 to include a statement from Gov. Jared Polis.
The U.S. government began reopening this week after the longest federal shutdown in the country’s history, but a cohort of Coloradans isn’t happy with the bill th... |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for | A nonprofit group formally alleged Wednesday that more than a dozen Colorado lawmakers violated the state’s prohibition on gift-giving when they asked a prominent dark-money organization to help pay for an October mountain retreat.
Colorado... |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Is Telluride ready to ‘chuck Chuck?’ Why the opulent ski town turned on the resort’s longtime owner | TELLURIDE — Chuck Horning was nowhere to be found.
It was 11 a.m. on April 1 and Telluride’s Town Council sat in its chambers in Rebekah Hall. The meeting agenda that day called for an hour-long update from Horning, the longtime owner of Te... |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Coloradans still don’t know what they’ll pay for marketplace insurance as open enrollment nears | Less than two weeks from now, Colorado residents looking to buy health insurance through the state’s individual marketplace will be able to choose plans, but they can’t yet see how severe the price increases they face will be.
Typically, Co... |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Insurance companies are underinsuring Colorado homes to disastrous results (Opinion) | Most Colorado homeowners do not have enough insurance coverage to rebuild their house after a total loss. That’s according to our new research examining whether homes destroyed in Colorado’s Marshall Fire — which burned more than 1,000 hous... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing? | By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org
Growing up in a religious family, Florida Republican state Sen. Alexis Calatayud has seen how many church communities are no longer anchored to a single building in the way they used to be. Her small prayer... |
| Oct 19, 2025 | Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built (Opinion) | By Susan D. Daggett and Stefan Chavez-Norgaard
Removing parking requirements for new buildings could help thousands of Coloradans who struggle to afford housing.
There is a shortage of over 106,000 homes across Colorado, according to a rece... |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Colorado lawmakers’ Vail retreat deepens intraparty rift among Democrats | A recent Vail retreat organized for select Democratic lawmakers — financed in part by a prominent dark money group — has heightened tensions within the legislative caucus and escalated a broader struggle over the direction of Colorado’s dom... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2 missing elk hunters found dead after days of searching in Conejos County, family says | Search and rescue crews operating in the Rio Grande National Forest in southern Colorado on Thursday found the bodies of two missing elk hunters, according to a family member.
The hunters, 25-year-old Andrew Porter of Asheville, N.C., and 2... |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to retake 8th Congressional District seat | Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo is dropping her bid to reclaim the congressional seat she lost last year, her campaign said in a statement Friday.
“Unfortunately, I faced very strong resistance to my candidacy this cycle due almost entirely... |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Risky Bet: Colorado Gives $35 Million In Taxpayer Broadband Subsidies To Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos | So I’ve noted how Republicans are rewriting the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants wind up in the back pocket of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos (and their low-Earth... |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Are Colorado leaves already changing? We separate fact from fiction. | West believes the fall color change will begin in two to three weeks in the northern mountains, slightly earlier than normal, followed by the central mountains along the Interstate 70 corridor a week later. Last year, the peak began about t... |
| Aug 24, 2025 | Colorado must learn how to protect itself from Trump (Editorial) | Of course, Colorado’s budget woes are nothing new; earlier this year, the state had to deal with a roughly $1.2 billion shortfall. The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights has always tied our state’s hands, for better and for worse. But under Trump, o... |
| Aug 24, 2025 | Senators’ attempt to end wolf restoration program is disingenuous (Opinion) | Roberts and Catlin are claiming that this is not an attack on the wolf program, but their proposed bill is functionally the same as the petition to delay new wolf introductions submitted to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. This p... |
| Aug 17, 2025 | Why rural Coloradans feel ignored − a resentment as old as America itself (Opinion) | These policies, while specific to Colorado, are symptoms of something larger. Namely, an ever-urbanizing, globalized world that rural, agricultural citizens feel is leaving them behind. ‘MeatOut’ or misstep?
My expertise doesn’t just come f... |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Looking to use a federal housing voucher in Colorado? It’s a coin flip whether you’ll be able to redeem it | The Colorado Division of Housing saw its 55.5% success rate in 2018 dip to 34.4% in 2021 and tick back up to 46.2% in 2022. That means fewer than half of the people awarded vouchers through the state’s housing arm that year found suitable h... |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Trump Infrastructure Bill Revamp To Net Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Billions In New Subsidies For Broadband They Can’t Really Deliver | There’s $42.5 billion in broadband grants are headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yet routinely try to take credit for among their constituents).
But Republicans, despite a supposed fe... |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Colorado officials have turned over records to ICE four times this year — including once by mistake | Polis spokeswoman Shelby Wieman said in an email that one subpoena sent to the labor department shouldn’t have been complied with. That subpoena sought wage and employment records from an employer whose name was redacted from the document b... |
| Jul 20, 2025 | Deporting criminal defendants is not justice (Editorial) | Across the Denver metro area, at least two dozen criminal defendants have been deported in the middle of ongoing prosecutions since September, according to a recent Denver Post investigation.
In one incident reported by the Post, a 21-year-... |
| Jun 29, 2025 | Letters to the editor: Council should set up a Citizen’s Advisory Panel; decision to fire teacher is shameful, callous | Lawrence Crowley, Louisville |
| Jun 24, 2025 | The Battle for Wolves and Homes: A Tale of Policy and Protection | In the heart of America, two battles rage on. One is for the gray wolf, a creature that roams the wilds of Colorado and beyond. The other is for the homes of millions, as housing advocates grapple with proposed cuts to rental assistance. Bo... |
| Jun 23, 2025 | How Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill to delist gray wolves would affect Colorado’s wolf reintroduction | How would the bill affect wolves in other states?
The bill would remove protections in all other states, unless there are similar state-level protections in place. States then could decide how they want to protect or manage the species, suc... |
| Jun 22, 2025 | Editorial: To fight political violence, we must resist efforts to sow division | Add to this horrific list the two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump, the brutal attack on California Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband, the attempted kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the sharp increase in threats of vi... |
| Jun 7, 2025 | The Battle for Coexistence: Wolves and Humanity in Colorado | In the heart of Colorado, a battle rages. It’s not just about wolves; it’s about humanity’s relationship with nature. The recent killing of wolves has sparked outrage and calls for moral leadership. Wolves, once symbols of wilderness, now f... |
| Jun 7, 2025 | Gov. Jared Polis sets personal record for vetoes — with grumbles from fellow Democrats | The vetoes don’t mean the ideas behind the bills are totally dead, Polis said. He cited one law he signed this year regarding heating, ventilation and air conditioning in schools and another to combat wage theft that arose from bills he vet... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Opinion: Julie Marshall: After another wolf was killed, we need moral leadership from CPW | You may think this is an obvious thing to do, but it isn’t. What our leaders say matters. It sets the tone and can prevent more horrific killing and cruelty toward a federally protected and ecologically valuable species. Our leaders have th... |
| May 30, 2025 | Opinion: Steve Pomerance: Can Polis and the Legislature tell Home Rule cities how to run their communities? | Some cities expressed their unwillingness to follow these rules for justifiable reasons, like lack of ability to adequately serve that many people or desire to keep their cities reasonably livable. So, on May 16, Governor Polis (with our Ma... |
| May 21, 2025 | Colorado’s surging median age is attributed to aging in place | In an ongoing series of stories focused on the dynamics of Colorado’s aging population, the Colorado Sun previously detailed some of the ways that the state is confronting the “silver tsunami” of people growing older while needing sufficien... |
| May 19, 2025 | Like other states, Colorado confronts realities of the ‘silver tsunami’ | When looking at the fastest-growing state populations for residents 60 and older, Colorado is not at the top of the list, but it’s close. Outstripped only by Alaska and Wyoming, respectively, Colorado and Oregon have seen their shares of ol... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Scholarships for child care are drying up. Now families are paying the price | All staff in five of the 10 regional offices were cut, along with more in the office’s headquarters in Washington. They included staff who upheld federal safety requirements for child care providers and ensured subsidies were being used eff... |
| Feb 15, 2025 | The Cost of Climate Change: Who Should Pay? | In the heart of Colorado, a storm brews. It’s not just the weather; it’s the looming question of accountability. Climate change is not a distant threat. It’s here, and it’s expensive. Wildfires and floods are no longer rare events. They are... |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Letters to the Editor | Letters to the editor: Polluters should pay for the consequences | Polluters should pay for the consequences
This will be of interest not only to Colorado homeowners concerned about the risks of wildfires and flooding, but also to all taxpayers. Whether we realize it or not, we are all paying for the impac... |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Colorado Dept. Of Corrections Spends $500k On Body Cams Before Deciding No Officers Need To Wear Them | Even though corrections officers seem to feel these devices will help them more than they will hurt them, the Colorado Department of Corrections has decided it’s not going to equip officers with body cameras. This is a pretty terrible outco... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Crime and Public Safety | Colorado DAs push for more beds in state’s youth detention centers after decades of declines | Nearly 8% of children and teens were held 30 days or more after the court ordered they could be released.
“We’re wholeheartedly opposed to (the 324) number,” said Anaya Robinson, a senior policy strategist with the American Civil Liberties ... |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Telecom Industry ‘Think Tank’ Feebly Tries To Smear Community Owned Broadband | We’ve noted for decades how the U.S. broadband sector is a mess thanks to corruption and unchecked monopoly power working tirelessly to undermine U.S. telecom competition. The result is high prices, spotty access, slow speeds, and comically... |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Politics | Colorado senator loses state funding for aides over alleged mistreatment of staffers | The letter did not detail the new allegations. According to the Colorado Sun, which first reported the suspension of her aide privileges, two of her most recent staffers claimed she had them do chores around her house and bartend at a party... |
| Nov 30, 2024 | Editorials | Community Editorial Board: How BVSD can support marginalized students | BVSD’s school board passed a similar resolution eight years ago when Donald Trump’s first actions as president included the Muslim travel ban and an attack on DACA. Second time around he’s gearing up to do even worse. Therefore I approve of... |
| Nov 9, 2024 | The Race for House District 19: A Tightrope Walk in Colorado Politics | The political landscape in House District 19 is a battleground. Democrat Jillaire McMillan stands at the forefront, having been chosen as the party's nominee after the departure of incumbent Jennifer Lea Parenti. McMillan's journey is a tes... |
| Nov 9, 2024 | Boulder County Elections: A Tale of Uncontested Races and Tight Battles | Boulder County's recent elections tell a story of stark contrasts. On one hand, there are the smooth sails of uncontested races. On the other, the nail-biting tension of a competitive district. The results paint a vivid picture of local pol... |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Politics | Democrat McMillan maintains edge over Republican Woog in HD 19 | McMillan was selected this year by a vacancy committee to be the Democratic nominee for District 19 after incumbent state Rep. Jennifer Lea Parenti announced she would not run for re-election.Jillaire McMillan (Courtesy photo)
Although Pare... |
| Nov 3, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: With election day upon us, it is time to rise above the animosity of national politics | It’s hard to claim that was any sort of low point for the former president, but it was followed by one from current President Joe Biden, who flubbed a response about the rally and appeared to call Trump’s supporters “garbage.”
(Vice Preside... |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Letters to the Editor | Letters to the editor: Lies about CEA’s support of Amendment 80 | Lies about CEA‘s support of Amendment 80
Yesterday my husband and I each received a text which very falsely implied that the Colorado Education Association supports Amendment 80. Neither CEA nor its president Kevin Vick support Amendment 80... |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Health | Colorado farm recalls onions possibly linked to McDonald’s E. coli outbreak | The one fatality was an unidentified person in Mesa County who had pre-existing health conditions.
Whatever companies supplied and handled contaminated ingredients could face liability.
A Colorado man, Eric Stelly, sued McDonald’s for a min... |
| Oct 20, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: A recap of the Camera’s election endorsements | Vote “yes” on Amendment H to help restore integrity to the judicial branch of our government.‘Yes’ on Amendment I
Amendment I would remove “the right to bail in cases of first-degree murder when the proof is evident or the presumption is gr... |
| Oct 14, 2024 | The Aurora Rally: A City’s Defense Against Political Stigmatization | In the heart of Colorado, Aurora stands at a crossroads. The city, often overshadowed by its larger neighbor, Denver, is now thrust into the national spotlight. Former President Donald Trump’s rally in Aurora has ignited a firestorm of cont... |
| Oct 13, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Take the time to understand implications of complicated ballot measures | Prop 131, though, muddies these waters far more than necessary. In addition to bringing ranked choice voting to general elections, it would create open top-four primary elections, meaning that candidates of all parties would run against eac... |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Be skeptical of ballot measures from dark money group | The primary reason to be dubious of this effort is that it is simply unnecessary. Amending the Constitution is serious business. With the right to school choice already established in our state, and no one assailing it, what is the need to ... |