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The Boulder attack should deepen Colorado’s support for the Jewish community (Editorial)

The opportunity to support Colorado's Jewish community will come quickly; Sunday, June 8, is the 30th Boulder Jewish Festival.

Law enforcement officials are on scene to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado on June 1, 2025. Multiple people were burned, some severely, in an attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall during a vigil that called on Hamas to release Israeli hostages. The FBI director characterized the incident as a “targeted terror attack.” (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston discusses the city budget during a press conference at the Denver Central Library in Denver on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Denver’s cuts will come at a terrible time, but no one should be surprised (Editorial)

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President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Democratic leaders must acknowledge the cover-up of Biden’s mental and physical weaknesses (Opinion)

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Monica Villela poses for a portrait in front of her home in Denver on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Villela has been fighting to keep her home for more than three years after the Town Center Metro District sold the home at a foreclosure auction for unpaid fines. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Investor who snagged Denver home for $23,524 can do the right thing with a deal too good to be true (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 26, 2025 at 9:41 a.m.

It's unethical to foreclose a home over unsightly or inconvenient violations of covenants, and the...

Savana Lopez organizes her personal belongings after being released and waiting for a ride from her mother in front of the Pueblo County Detention Center in Pueblo, Colorado on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Lopez spent 300 days in the detention center for contempt and other charges. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Polis’ signature can end Colorado’s two-tier justice system (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 17, 2025 at 9:04 a.m.

Colorado lawmakers have passed an end to Colorado’s two-tier justice system. Now, Gov. Jared Polis...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (L) and Sen. Michael Bennet (R) stand together at a rally on October 26, 2022 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Bennet announced last week he would run for governor to replace Polis who is term limited. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Michael Bennet should resign his U.S. Senate seat to run for governor (Denver Post editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 14, 2025 at 8:21 a.m.

If U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet wants to show voters that he truly cares about Colorado,...

Photo taken water from the spillway of the Gross dam to South Bolder Creek in Boulder, Colorado on Friday, April 2, 2021. The Denver Water owned reservoir has a surface area of 440 acres, and the spillway sits at 7,225 feet elevation. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Stopping the Gross Dam project will only hurt Coloradans in the next drought (Denver Post Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 9, 2025 at 9:23 a.m.

Based on what amounts to a procedural quibble, a federal court judge ordered Denver Water...

Travelers take RTD A-Train to Denver International Airport from Union Station in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Editorial: Could these two Peña Boulevard alternatives work? For $15 million let’s find out.

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 7, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

For $15 million, Peak Consulting needs to look at these two alternatives to widening Peña...

Measles illustration (Photo illustration by Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Editorial: Vaccine hesitant? Pueblo measles case is reason to revisit MMR risks

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 2, 2025 at 9:44 a.m.

Pueblo City School District has room for improvement with only 84% of kindergartners having received...

SEIU organizer Luis Sanchez, right, and his son Mateo join local janitors as they take part in a Service Employees International Union rally at 17th and California streets in Denver on July 23, 2024. Martinez has been a janitor at Republic Plaza for 30 years. The SEIU's agreement with the largest cleaning companies in Colorado expires on Sunday, July 28th. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 janitors, who clean and maintain buildings across the Denver metro area, were able to cast their votes at the rally on whether to authorize a strike if negotiations fail. Workers are asking for better wages and working conditions as well as a contract extension with their employers.The SEIU contract negotiations affect over 2,000 janitors, 90% of whom are Latina immigrant women from across the metro area, employed by 17 cleaning contractors covering over 1500 buildings. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) Denver - JULY 23: Local janitors take part in a Service Employees International Union rally at 17th and California streets in Denver on July 23, 2024. The SEIU's agreement with the largest cleaning companies in Colorado expires on Sunday, July 28th. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 janitors, who clean and maintain buildings across the Denver metro area, were able to cast their votes at the rally on whether to authorize a strike if negotiations fail. Workers are asking for better wages and working conditions as well as a contract extension with their employers.The SEIU contract negotiations affect over 2,000 janitors, 90% of whom are Latina immigrant women from across the metro area, employed by 17 cleaning contractors covering over 1500 buildings. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Editorial: Polis is right. Let’s find a compromise that preserves the Labor Peace Act.

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 1, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis is right to promise a veto on Senate Bill 5 to force...

Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez, 53, was arrested on March 17, 2025, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. (Photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Editorial: Jeanette Vizguerra’s detention mocks ICE’s important work to deport dangerous criminals

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 19, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

Arresting Jeanette Vizguerra this week only makes a mockery of the hard, dangerous and serious...

In this 2024 file photo, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman participates in a panel discussion during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Open AI wrote last week to the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy that it needed freedom to access content created by journalists to compete against Chinese AI companies. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Editorial: OpenAI seeks license to steal with latest plea to Trump administration

By Chicago Tribune Editorial Board

March 17, 2025 at 5:05 p.m.

News organizations, including The Denver Post and The New York Times, have sued Open AI...

Educators gather en masse wearing red ...

Editorial: Colorado will renege on school funding promise. Here’s how lawmakers should make the cuts.

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 17, 2025 at 9:16 a.m.

Colorado’s budget woes continue with a dire warning last month from the non-partisan budget staff...

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