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Jim Crow once had a presence in Colorado | Bob Loevy

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Was there ever a Colorado city that required racial segregation by law? The answer is “Yes.” The Black Racial Equity Study Commission, led by Colorado Senate...

The Denver Broncos are on the ballot this fall | Jon Caldara

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Do you want the Broncos to win the Super Bowl? Then you’d better hope Amendment 87 — which brings back Colorado’s economy-strangling “graduated” income tax...

Denver Broncos are on the ballot in November | Jon Caldara

Updated 2 months ago

Do you want the Broncos to win the Super Bowl? Then you’d better hope Amendment 87 — which brings back Colorado’s economy-strangling “graduated” income tax...

A new way of ranching supports both livestock and wildlife | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 months ago

Given the loud and angry fight over wolves in Colorado, it’s easy to assume that environmentalists and ranchers are sworn enemies in the state. On...

The dissonance of an American Jew thinking about Israel | Eric Sondermann

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Struggling with a time of loss and change | Paul Batura

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Teaching youth about both sides of U.S. Immigration | Rachel Stovall

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Even Dem court couldn’t abide theft of GOP seats | Dick Wadhams

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Chaotic meeting began with attempt to squelch public comment | Rachel Gabel

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Graduated income tax proposal is a flat tax in disguise | Jon Caldara

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Colorado newsrooms ‘are holding the line’ | Vince Bzdek

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AI optimism vs. anxiety: Podcasters debate this every night | Tom Cronin

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Gong Show Griswold’s latest data dump a disaster | George Brauchler

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High school football scoreboards don’t tell the whole story | Paul Batura

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The coming election and mischief in the making | Eric Sondermann

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America’s tribalism is such these days that we struggle to even agree on the basic rules. Elections have always been hotly contested. As the saying...

Private property rights challenge rural Colorado communities | Rachel Gabel

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If there were ever a topic that I believe deeply in, it’s private property rights. If there were ever a topic that leaves me in...

Gaylord — you never check in, but still pay | Jon Caldara

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I go to a lot of conferences, often in beautiful cities I never actually see. Friends hear where I’ve been and ask depressing questions like,...

Dolly Parton’s life was bigger than politics | Rachel Stovall

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Dolly Parton had barely died before America started doing what America apparently does now: checking her political credentials. Was she conservative? Liberal? A Trump supporter?...

Reflections on Colorado Springs candidate political debates | Tom Cronin

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What courageous citizenship really looks like | Vince Bzdek

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Remembering ‘open space’ hero Bill Ruskin

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Oligarchy myth fuels Bernie Sanders’ socialism | Mike Rosen

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New agreement shifts water fight toward sustainability | Rachel Stovall

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Miraculous fog saved Revolutionary War troops in battle | Paul Batura

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Colorado elections offer an all-you-can-eat political buffet | Eric Sondermann

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Livestock grazing regulations need flexible updates | Rachel Gabel

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Griswold faces criticism for corruption and incompetence | Dick Wadhams

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Taxpayers donate to tax increase campaign | Jon Caldara

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Let’s let the market help solve Colorado River woes | Vince Bzdek

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Negotiators for the seven states along the Colorado River Basin have had two years to reach an agreement on how to manage the river, which...

ERBOCES closure highlights fight over control of public education | Rachel Stovall

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Education reEnvisioned BOCES is gone. They buckled under government pressure. On August 17, the District 49 Board of Education voted to dissolve ERBOCES, a public...

Sunshine protection act has its own set of problems | Paul Batura

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In Washington, D.C., a city known for its prolific use of deceptive euphemisms, the “Sunshine Protection Act” may well set a new standard for the...

GUEST OPINION: Economic frustrations fuel rise of democratic socialism

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The continued rise of Democratic Socialism in the United States, including here in Colorado, is no longer a political outlier. Melat Kiros’ defeat of 15‑term...