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Only the 11th state
As protesters called for racial justice outside of the Capitol in early June, one chant stood out in particular to Rep. Breanna Titone (D-Arvada)....
Celebrating 22 by celebrating you
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”
—Tom Brokaw
I agree with Tom Brokaw, but would add that...
Off Target: Part 2 Update: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission predator...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) two predator management plans have been embroiled in controversy and uncertainty as to their scientific legitimacy since being unanimously...
Off Target 11: Time running out for lions, bears and your...
In mid-December, the USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services (WS) released its pre-decisional Draft Environmental Assessment for its predator damage management in Colorado. The draft is now in...
Proposed water diversion and Gross Reservoir expansion may trigger all-out water...
Water has never come easy in the West, and when people start eying the last few drops of an already dying river, things can get tense in a hurry, even in an era of Colorado River Kumbaya...
Heath care: A right or a privilege?
As Colorado voters weigh in on Amendment 69 this fall, they are the first in the nation to consider a single-payer health care system...
Police use of facial recognition technology gets spotlight
For all intents and purposes, facial recognition technology for law enforcement agencies is in its beta stage. Now that doesn’t mean police departments haven’t...
The victim penalty
By her own account, Kristin Vietti is stubborn—for the last 13 years, she’s refused to pay the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) the thousands...
Minimum wage debates, gun control and a full docket for next...
Minimum wage debates, gun control and a full docket for next week's city council meeting
Construction hurts Lafayette businesses
The construction equipment, traffic cones, and yellow-vested workers directing traffic and operating machinery showed up suddenly, without warning, in spring of this year, says...
Gun control
Here’s the good news: America, overall, is a much less violent place than it used to be. Our reported violent-crime rate is almost half...
