The COvid Chronicles: How fear and force reshaped Colorado
How Polis and the powers-that-be permitted the COVID-19 pandemic to pervert Colorado’s pioneer spirit
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Government overreach
‘I can’t do business in Denver now’: Developers flee as climate mandates bite
While Colorado is earning praise from climate advocates for its new mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, developers and their economists are giving D and F grades to the state and its capital city, blaming the regulations for a noticeable decline in some projects.
Representatives for developers and property owners are flagging new data showing a marked drop-off in investments and revenues from commercial projects in Colorado. That decline, they said, follows directly on the heels of Colorado’s adoption of some of the nation’s boldest carbon-reducing strategies.
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Democrat Rep. Zokaie compares concerned parents to KKK during hearing on HB25-1312
A Colorado Democrat likened parent groups to “the KKK” during an hours-long committee hearing for a controversial bill that could see parents accused of “coercive control” in custody fights for using a trans child’s “deadname.”
“I really am curious about how much stakeholdering went on both sides of the issue, and not just one side,” Republican state Rep. Jarvis Caldwell said during the hearing, which began Monday night and ran into early Tuesday. “I’m curious with if the businesses in the community were included in these and if parent groups that are not part of the LGBT community if they were involved.”
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Hancock: SB25-086 tramples the Constitution in the name of control
In our political age where virtue signaling often masquerades as policymaking, Colorado Senate Bill 25-086, charmingly titled Protections for Users of Social Media, stands as a masterclass in misdirection. Behind its disarming language and so-called concern for user safety lies a deeply troubling expansion of government power—one that threatens to obliterate the digital boundary between individual freedom and state surveillance.
Let me be frank: SB25-086 is not about protection—it’s about control.
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Rewriting the rules: Wolves, federal reform and a lawsuit from rural Colorado
Late last year, five wolves were airlifted from Oregon to Colorado under a plan voters narrowly approved—but few knew one of them came from a pack with a history of livestock attacks.
Fewer still knew the move may have violated federal law.
At the center of the controversy is a growing belief that Colorado’s wolf reintroduction bypassed environmental law and public transparency.
And a federal lawsuit now threatens to unravel the entire plan.
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SB25-003, the $27 million paywall on the Second Amendment
It started at 8:00 a.m. By the time the clock neared 10:00 p.m., Colorado House Democrats had passed a bill critics say is the most economically discriminatory gun control law in state history. SB25-003 cleared second reading on March 21, advancing despite fierce Republican resistance.
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Lundberg: Colorado’s 2025 legislature—a case study in big government overreach
The Colorado legislature is more than halfway through this year’s session. Like the past six years of the Polis administration, this session has seen radical bills roar through the legislature with many passing on party-line votes.
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Choked out: How Colorado’s regulatory maze is starving its energy producers
Few states rival Colorado’s wealth of energy resources, but its oil and gas industry is up against increasing challenges. Small and mid-sized operators, once the industry’s backbone, are struggling with a growing tangle of regulations.
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Never forget what the lockdowners did to us
In March 2020, my aunt collapsed with a painful headache and was rushed to the hospital. We would soon learn that the headache was symptomatic of an aggressive form of brain cancer that no surgery or treatment could cure. Within six weeks we buried my beloved aunt and godmother.
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Kilpper: Hillary Clinton says quiet part out loud on free speech
The catch-and-release migrant programs created by President Joe Biden and endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris have increased national security risks, according to the independent watchdog that oversees the Department of Homeland Security.
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