Opinion
PERRY: Stop, you’re killing me — and thousands of other Colorado victims of the Big Beautiful Bill
Colorado healthcare and political leaders agreed last week that President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” has become the bloated catastrophe experts warned it would be. During a press call held by accessible healthcare proponents, Colorado Democratic members of Congress and top health officials across the state detailed the damage inflicted so far after Trump and […]
Toon in Monday
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Toon in Friday
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EVA HENRY: Corruption resurfaces in Adams, Arapahoe County politics linked to One Main Street
When I was first elected to serve as an Adams County Commissioner in 2012, I ran to root out corruption. Things had gotten really bad here, to the point that nearly every Sunday there was a story in the newspaper about a new scandal erupting. Cronyism and nepotism had become commonplace, and it was in […]
PERRY: State legislators run the home-school gravy train off the taxpayer tracks, finally
As if there’s a shortage of jaw-clenching news about government spending, programs and weirdness, check this out. Colorado’s dalliance with publicly funded homeschool enrichment programs has hit a wall of “really?” that channels Donald Trump’s entitled obsession with gilt and galore. State-taxpayer-funded fun clubs and activities for homeschool kiddos have even reached Trumpian Ballroom proportions, […]
QUIDNUNC: Douglas County MAGAloids charge to punish free remaining GOP incurables
Quidnunc, whose name comes from the Latin “what now,” is out and about as often as possible to bring you news overheard in elevators, restrooms and spied in various e-mail boxes. QUID HAS HEARD that while most of the state freely understands why Colorado Republicans don’t have a prayer in getting their statewide candidates elected […]
Toon in Wednesday
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EDITORIAL: If Aurora doesn’t like its residency rule, change it. But stop the pretending
Aurora has a problem it needs to solve, rather than ignore, no matter how banal and awkward it’s become. The problem is that the city’s charter, which is akin to the nation’s constitution, says explicitly that the city manager has to live in Aurora, but he doesn’t. Making this all the more awkward, knowing that […]
Toon in Tuesday
Read more Tucker Carlson says he’ll no longer support the Republican Party Read more Mamdani and AI industry flex political power in New York, plus more to watch in Tuesday’s primaries Read more Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran war
LETTER: Reject corporate money and embrace local accountability by voting for Phil Weiser
EDITOR: I am writing to urge readers to make their vote count and support Phil Weiser in the primary on June 30. We need a governor with real experience at the state level. My registered neighbors and I received a full color glossy large size postcard (a pricey thing) from the other candidate. Two cards in the same week. Both cards had […]