The Denver Post Editorial Board

Members of The Denver Post’s editorial board are Megan Schrader, editor of the editorial pages; Lee Ann Colacioppo, editor; Justin Mock, CFO; Bill Reynolds, vice president of circulation and production; Bob Kinney, vice president of information technology; and TJ Hutchinson, systems editor.

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)

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 just needs to sign House Bill 1147.

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)

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

If U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet wants to show voters that he truly cares about Colorado, he should resign now to run for governor.

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)

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

Based on what amounts to a procedural quibble, a federal court judge ordered Denver Water to abandon the expansion of Gross Dam.

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.

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

For $15 million, Peak Consulting needs to look at these two alternatives to widening Peña Boulevard. Forcing traffic patterns onto those other two routes could save money and help the...

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

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

Pueblo City School District has room for improvement with only 84% of kindergartners having received the measles vaccine last school year.

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.

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

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

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

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

Arresting Jeanette Vizguerra this week only makes a mockery of the hard, dangerous and serious work ICE officials perform every week to keep Americans safe from violent criminals who entered...

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

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 at the state Capitol: “The budget appears to be on an unsustainable path.”

Denver Mayor Michael Johnston, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, are sworn in during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on sanctuary cities' policies at the U.S. Capitol on March 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing comes as President Donald Trump looks to implement key elements of his immigration policy, while threatening to cut funding to cities that resist the administration’s immigration efforts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Editorial: Congresswoman’s accusation that Denver mayor violated federal law is “bull”

March 5, 2025 at 2:41 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida, wants to criminalize the care Denver provided to refugees from Venezuela and immigrants from other parts of Central and South America by defining it...

Jodie Malito, right, comforts Yvette Oseguera Torres. Two former Internal Revenue Service workers leave their office after being laid off in downtown Denver on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Torres is 5 month pregnant. The IRS began laying off roughly 6,000 employees in the middle of tax season as the Trump administration via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) works to downsize the federal workforce. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Editorial: Reckless federal cuts will hurt Colorado — layoffs and empty offices — lawmakers need a plan

March 3, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

No one knows for sure how America’s economy will react to a drastic pullback on spending and employment because it hasn’t been done for two generations.

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