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Republicans in the state Senate and House huddled with Tea Party leaders on Jan. 6, just hours after my column (more…)

Four years ago, Colorado voters decided to trust Democrats with complete control of state government – the governor’s (more…)

While others play the personality game of who succeeds Bill Ritter, let’s talk policy. Imagine Colorado making itself so attractive to employers that we lead all 50 states in creating new jobs, instead of lagging in 20th place as we did in the decade past (our second-worst showing since 1890). Imagine Colorado becoming a mecca for affordable health care by letting insurers from across the country compete on price and quality in our state marketplace. Imagine forging out as the nation’s futuristic energy leader, the state that builds safe nuclear plants for clean electricity (more…)

(Press Release, Dec. 18) According to Legislative Council, which presented its fourth quarter revenue forecast to the Joint Budget (more…)

What happens when ethics and politics collide? I did a quick online interview about this with Kelley Harp, one of my key staffers from Senate (more…)

Editor: Joshua Sharf, who blogs for us as well as on his own at View from a Height, and who has long helped me on radio, made it official (more…)

The Colorado Union of Taxpayers, a non-partisan group advocating for taxpayers, has released its 2009 CUT Ratings of the Legislature, (more…)

If you’ve registered a vehicle lately, you may be suffering from mild sticker shock, but don’t blame the Clerk and Recorder’s Office. (more…)

You have to love the politicians in Sacramento — maybe not as embarrassing as those in Congress but pretty darn close! (more…)

Grappling with declining state revenues makes for some very unpleasant budget choices, as Gov. Bill Ritter and the Democrat majorities (more…)

“We must never forget it is a Constitution we are expounding”- Chief Justice John Marshall (more…)

If legislative Democrats in 2007 were devious for passing Gov. Ritter’s infamous property tax hike without voter approval, the 2009 crop (more…)

The term “useful idiots” was attributed to Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin describing intellectual idealists persuaded to adopt communism. (more…)

Editor: The capitol gang’s thieving intent toward Pinnacol shouldn’t be forgotten, even though on April 15 (fittingly) they called off the heist. Mark Hillman draws exactly the right lesson. (more…)

Listen to my radio special exploring the question. Our state legislature has the nation’s highest percentage of women. Thirty-nine of 100 (more…)