Editorials

Melat Kiros is likely headed to Congress. Her anti-Israel stance will now take center stage (Editorial)

"We are not in any position to tell Melat Kiros that she should now change her position on Israel as she enters Congress. What we do ask is that she be intellectually honest about her position on ending Israel."

Melat Kiros, candidate for Colorado's 1st Congressional District, addresses a crowd of supporters and declares victory on Election Night Denver, June 30, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)

Jamie Glick, president of Problem Gambling Coalition of Colorado is directing a training session with DU counselors on what to look for regarding student gambling and how to help them recover from gambling addictions at Burwell Center for Career Achievement in Denver on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Time to nip gambling addiction in the bud with Colorado reforms (Opinion)

4 days ago

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, left, and Attorney General Phil Weiser, both running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Colorado, shake hands after a debate at the Denver7 studios on May 7, 2026, in Denver. Ahead of the June 30 primary, the two candidates debated issues facing the state during an event hosted by The Denver Post, Colorado Public Radio and Denver7. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Undecided in the Democratic primary for governor? We found some daylight between Phil Weiser and Michael Bennet. (Editorial)

2 weeks ago

From left to right State Rep. Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer square off during a GOP gubernatorial debate at the Cable Center on the Campus of the University of Denver in Denver on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Barb Kirkmeyer, Scott Bottoms and Victor Marx could not be more different (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

June 17, 2026 at 12:09 p.m.

The contrast between Barb Kirkmeyer, Victor Marx and Scott Bottoms is clear, and unlike other...

Colorado Republican candidate for governor Victor Marx is backlit by a studio light while speaking with a reporter in the studio where he records his podcasts at his campaign headquarters on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Victor Marx is a huckster — using tales of saving sex trafficking victims to sell his nonprofit (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

June 16, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The only tangible program attributed directly to ATP Ministries on its website is a religious-based...

LEFT: U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper answers questions after a tour and a roundtable discussion at the CU Anschutz Cancer Center to discuss possible medical research funding cuts proposed by the Trump administration in Aurora, Colorado, on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Helen Richardson/The Denver Post) RIGHT: State Sen. Julie Gonzales speaks during a news conference in the Old Supreme Court Library at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang)

Is John Hickenlooper the one to fight Trump or should voters give Julie Gonzales a chance? (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

June 9, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

The question before voters is whether John Hickenlooper is the best man for the job...

District Attorney Michael Dougherty points a map of damaged area during a press conference on the investigative outcome into the cause and origin of the 2021 Marshall Fire at the Boulder County SheriffÕs Office in Boulder, Colorado on Thursday, June 8 , 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Vote Michael Dougherty for Colorado attorney general in the Democratic primary (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

June 11, 2026 at 9:41 a.m.

The Denver Post Editorial Board met with all four Democrats running for Colorado Attorney General...

Michael Allen, 4th Judicial District Attorney, speaks at a press conference, at Centennial Hall, after Anderson Lee Aldrich took a plea deal for the 2022 mass shooting at Club Q on June 26, 2023 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The attack at Club Q killed five people and wounded 17. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

The Denver Post endorses Michael Allen for attorney general in the Republican primary (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

June 11, 2026 at 9:42 a.m.

Colorado’s Republicans have an excellent choice for attorney general on the primary ballot this June...

Who is The Denver Post Editorial Board?

By The Denver Post

June 2, 2026 at 11:11 a.m.

The Denver Post’s editorial board takes positions on issues and politics that affect Colorado. Here's...

Colorado Sen. Jessie Danielson speaks during a campaign gathering at Governors Park in Denver, on May 13, 2025, to collect signatures for a pro-worker 2026 ballot initiative and support the Worker Protection Act (SB25-005). (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Denver Post endorsement for Colorado’s next secretary of state (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

June 11, 2026 at 9:42 a.m.

State Sen. Jessie Danielson learned to be a tough leader at the state Capitol, and...

Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters looks on during sentencing for her election interference case in Mesa County District Court on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colorado. (Larry Robinson/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Here’s why Polis is right to reduce Tina Peters’ 9-year sentence (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

May 16, 2026 at 1:06 p.m.

Peters is wrong. Trump is wrong. But we cannot look at the 9-year sentence and...

A security fence surrounds the northeast end of Denver International Airport as a United Airlines flight lands in Denver, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Are Denver’s runways safe? We need answers after Frontier Airlines plane hit a pedestrian (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

May 13, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

Some airports take dramatic steps to prevent birds and other wildlife from encroaching on runways....

Students at Wheat Ridge High School walk out of school as a protest action in response to the shooting at Evergreen High School, in Wheat Ridge, CO, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)

DOJ waits 37 years to challenge Denver’s gun control and still manages to pick one of the worst possible times (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

May 8, 2026 at 10:14 a.m.

Based on the reports released last month from the Evergreen High School shooting, we can...

Zoe Duplessis, 5, makes a heart sign over the "I Voted" sticker designed by her mother Artist Chlo Duplessis after the unveiling of the sticker at the Denver Elections Division on September 21, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. Chlo Duplessis, a Denver-based artist who is legally blind. She worked with the Denver Elections Division to create the new "I Voted" sticker design to illustrate an ongoing commitment to providing voter-centric experiences for voters with vision or hearing disabilities within the City and County of Denver.
(Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Denver’s heart and hard work could be a compass for the DNC in 2028 (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

May 5, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

America has lost her way, and Denver could be the compass home in 2028.

State qualifiers wrestle during the first day of the 2026 Colorado High School State Wrestling Championships on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at Ball Arena in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Colorado’s important first steps to crack down on high school coach recruiting (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

May 6, 2026 at 1:25 p.m.

The Colorado High School Activities Association Board of Directors and the Legislative Council showed an...

Kathleen Kelley stands at her ranch as smoke billows from the Lee fire in Rio Blanco County just outside of Meeker, Colorado, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Kelley's home suffered some damage but did not burn down. The land around the home was scorched. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Meeker’s electricity costs could increase up to 5% after Elk and Lee fires, thanks to Trump’s attacks on ‘blue states’ (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 23, 2026 at 8:50 a.m.

Because President Donald Trump’s administration has denied rural Coloradans relief funds from floods and fires...

Members of the Cherry Creek Board of Education, left to right, Terry Bates, Mike Hamrick, Anne Egan, Angela Garland, and John-Claude Futrell, listen to a district hiring update during a study session inside the Educational Service Center on February 6, 2026 in Greenwood Village, Colorado. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Growing Cherry Creek Schools scandal is a signal to districts to scrutinize education consultants (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 16, 2026 at 9:20 a.m.

The Cherry Creek Board of Education has one mission right now – get to the...

Colorado gubernatorial candidate U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet speaks with a crowd member after a forum hosted by the Colorado Young Democrats with Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 68 in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Bennet backing out of forum hosted by Muslim community is shortsighted given his message on Gaza (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 11, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

Earnest transparency goes a long way with voters, even if they disagree with the answer,...

A graph from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Colorado's statewide snowpack level (darkest line) compared to records that date back to 1986. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Colorado’s lowest snowpack on record is rapidly melting. We must prepare for drought. (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 26, 2026 at 9:03 a.m.

Snowpack this winter was among the thinnest on record, and then record-breaking early spring heat...

Bob Kratz, a 94-year-old resident of Windsor Gardens who has seen his property tax payments double, at his apartment in Denver on March 6, 2026. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado’s local elected officials have the power to provide badly needed property tax relief (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 24, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Coloradans badly need property tax relief. And it must come from our local elected officials...

RTD must account for years of lapsed services to Wheat Ridge and Westminster (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 12, 2026 at 12:55 p.m.

The burning questions before the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors is whether riders in...

Legislators work in the Senate chamber at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Friday, May 3, 2024. The Colorado legislature began its upcoming weekend work on Friday as the 2024 session nears its end on May 8. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Government transparency won the week at the Colorado legislature (Opinion)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 10, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

Colorado lawmakers did the right thing for government transparency last week. First in a vote...

The Wavelength cocktail in Denver on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at Death & Co. one of the locations where employees of Caring for Denver spent taxpayer dollars on cocktails that cost $20 or more a piece multiple times a year. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Drinking out on the taxpayer’s dime? Voters should shut down Caring for Denver (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

March 3, 2026 at 9:33 a.m.

Eating out four times a week on taxpayer money, or as the case may be,...

House Speaker Julie McCluskie prepares to speak at the front of the House chamber to start the 2026 legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Exploitable loophole could take the ‘public’ out of required legal notices (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

February 28, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

"Unless House Bill 1095 is updated to get rid of the workaround allowing self-publication of...

Congressman Joe Neguse addresses a crowd of people during a rally in support of NCAR in Boulder on Dec. 20, 2025. (Cliff Grassmick/Daily Camera)

Something is rotten in the U.S. Justice Department, and Colorado’s congressmembers won’t stand for it (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

February 17, 2026 at 5:37 p.m.

"Colorado congressmembers Lauren Boebert, Joe Neguse and Jason Crow showed Washington, D.C., last week why...

The image Gary Messina took of the mountain lion moments before it rushed him on Crossier Mountain Trail on Nov. 11. (Courtesy of Gary Messina)

Colorado is caught in the crosshairs of mountain lion lovers and wolf haters (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

January 24, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

"The news this week that Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees are facing a variety of...

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at a rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center on October 11, 2024 in Aurora, Colorado. Trump is campaigning in key states ahead of the November 5th presidential election. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Minnesota-like fraud in Colorado’s safety nets? Maybe, but keep the federal funds flowing to those in need (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

January 20, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

We, too, are horrified by the betrayal of America's social safety-net systems perpetrated by dozens...

A condo for sale in Broomfield on Dec. 18, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado’s HOAs are getting crushed by insurance. Can anyone help? (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

January 12, 2026 at 11:42 a.m.

Homeowners association fees for people living in condominiums or other multi-unit dwellings have been increasing...

Editorials

Featured