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Editor: Thwarted repeatedly in the past, progressive zealots in Colorado continue their push for a plebiscitary presidency in defiance (more…)

Editor: Rare is the legislation that goes from stalled to unstoppable under Colorado’s gold dome, and rare is the legislator who rides (more…)

Beginning July 1, Colorado drivers will pay higher taxes–we’re told to call them “fees”–on every vehicle every year when we renew (more…)

Just in the first week since the Rocky shut down, think about the state and local stories that were covered less robustly in the absence (more…)

Listen to the podcast of John Andrews’ issue special on 710 KNUS, aired Feb. 26. The latest in our monthly “Under the Dome” series (more…)

Action from 2/22 Radio: The Colorado legislation we discussed with Amy Oliver is SB-57 for web posting of all financial transactions (more…)

When President Bush and Congress first proposed a financial bailout for Wall Street investors last September, a grassroots (more…)

Editor: Ken Gordon, former Colorado Senate Majority Leader, circulated a list of political precepts that fired up Karen. She wrote him (more…)

You thought the nanny state had run out of ridiculous ideas? Colorado legislators are now regulating the sex lives of dogs. (more…)

As Obama pledges to use taxpayer money to hand out cash and prizes in the name of jump-starting the economy, Colorado Democrats (more…)

The Lofgren Family Carbon Monoxide Safety Act, now pending before the Colorado House, has emotional power because of the four (more…)

Colorado faces a $630 million budget shortfall and stark options now that half the fiscal year is past and so much money is already spent. (more…)

The revelation that Colorado Governor Ritter is conspiring with the Colorado Hospital Association to levy fees on hospitals (more…)

“In ministry”? “Saving lost souls”? Come again, Mr. Speaker? State Rep. Terrance Carroll (D-Denver), who officially became Speaker (more…)

Individualizing the Colorado education dollar for each student, kindergarten through undergrad, deserves a hard look in 2009. Difficult? (more…)