Editorials

EDITORIAL: When school spending grows the front office

Updated 2 months ago

Contrary to public perception, Colorado’s public schools are receiving more money than ever. Average per-pupil funding has increased 27% in just four years despite declining...

EDITORIAL: Give guv credit — but not too much — for his vetoes

Updated 2 months ago

Cheers to Gov. Jared Polis for setting a personal best — a dozen vetoes — after the 2026 legislative session. It was heartening to see...

EDITORIAL: What’s the cost of no power to Coloradans?

Updated 2 months ago

It long has been fashionable among the zero-emissions set to “calculate” the wide-ranging costs to society of carbon-emitting fuels. The perils posed by that carbon...

ENDORSEMENT: Graham, Nelson for commission; Carver, Flanell for legislature

Updated 2 months ago

The tide could be turning for Colorado’s long-sidelined Republican Party. On May 30, it elected a respected and smart party chair who holds the promise...

ENDORSEMENT: Vote Michael Allen — for a real attorney general

Updated 2 months ago

ENDORSEMENT: Kirkmeyer’s credibility can carry the day in governor’s race

Updated 2 months ago

ENDORSEMENT: Jeff Crank keeps CD-5 on cutting edge of national defense

Updated 2 months ago

ENDORSEMENT: Jeff Hurd proves a perfect fit for CD-3

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: A unifier takes the helm of Colorado’s GOP

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: A boon to Colorado schoolkids

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: Is Colorado creating an anti-innovation economy?

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: Vance to AFA grads: Value AI, hallow humanness

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: Guv’s land grab is beaten back

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: Will Dems run highway funding off the road?

Updated 2 months ago

EDITORIAL: Who else goes free with Tina Peters?

Updated 2 months ago

There was outrage on both sides of the political aisle over Gov. Jared Polis’ commutation last week of the nine-year prison sentence of former Mesa...

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s prisons crowded? Open more

Updated 2 months ago

Let’s be clear: There is no “prison crowding” crisis in Colorado. The real crisis is our Democratic legislature’s quest to free as many convicts as...

EDITORIAL: A day of remembrance before recreation

Updated 2 months ago

Memorial Day is the traditional beginning to a season of camping, fishing, hiking, climbing, rafting — all the stuff that makes Colorado a summer destination...

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s growing list of turnoffs

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado is now the nation’s fourth-most-expensive state to live in and third-least-attractive in which to open new businesses. Let those stats soak in. That’s No....

EDITORIAL: The oblivious drumbeat against data centers

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s legislative robber barons

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: Aurora’s template for success on homelessness

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: Upholding the rule of law against illegal immigration

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: If Colorado’s not a sanctuary, veto SB 5

Updated 3 months ago

ENDORSEMENT: Kirkmeyer for governor — and for the future of Colorado’s GOP

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s hunters, anglers push back

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: Data center will be a quiet, considerate and much-needed neighbor

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: A flawed AI bill Polis might have to sign

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: Attempt to gut TABOR will go to voters

Updated 3 months ago

EDITORIAL: A new take on highway robbery

Updated 3 months ago

As the legislature wraps up its 120-day session this week, ruling Democrats are working to undermine the will of Colorado voters — before they even...

EDITORIAL: Politicians pump up their pay on the public’s tab

Updated 3 months ago

Tone deafness continues to emanate from the Gold Dome with the pay raise Colorado’s state-level legislators gave themselves — automatically — last week. Elected officials...

EDITORIAL: Julie Foster’s giant stride for mental health

Updated 3 months ago

The greater Pikes Peak region lost a true leader with a heart and a vision last week, with the passing of Julie Foster at age...

EDITORIAL: A double standard on public safety

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado’s legislature appears on the verge of embracing a new motto: “Special security, legal and privacy protections for we — and none for thee.” Lawmakers...