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Opinion: Denver voters can choose leaders that will make the city more affordable and livable

by Gosia Kung 1:30 AM MST on Jan 26, 20234:21 PM MST on Jan 25, 2023

Imagine a city with wider housing options, more density, streamlined zoning, more transit service, and fewer cars

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Littwin: Would mass killings in California affect effort to ban sale of so-called assault weapons in Colorado?

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MST on Jan 25, 20236:12 PM MST on Jan 24, 2023

Columnist Mike Littwin notes that the latest draft of a bill to ban purchase of so-called assault weapons in Colorado wouldn’t ban possession. But it would be a starting place.

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Opinion: A pro-oil Texas lobbyist aims to undermine Colorado’s progress in reducing the health impacts of drilling

by Harv Teitelbaum and Alison L. Steele 1:30 AM MST on Jan 24, 20233:37 PM MST on Jan 23, 2023

Don’t fall for it. Colorado must be vigilant to turn back such front groups and their self-serving motives.

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Zornio: Why we should tax the rich, instead of eliminating income taxes in Colorado

by Trish Zornio 3:05 AM MST on Jan 23, 20238:28 PM MST on Jan 20, 2023

Gov. Jared Polis wants to eliminate Colorado’s income tax, but as wealth disparities grow it’s not fair to reduce taxes on the state’s top earners

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Littwin: McCarthy’s backroom deals move frenemies Boebert and Greene to the front row

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MST on Jan 22, 20237:55 PM MST on Jan 20, 2023

Columnist Mike Littwin notes that it’s almost funny, but Lauren Boebert, who opposed Kevin McCarthy for speaker, and Majorie Taylor Greene, who supported him, got pretty much the same backroom deal.