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Colorado lupus patients can’t afford ‘most favored nation’ drug pricing | PODIUM
Updated 20 hours ago
By Kristy Kibler When you live with lupus, you learn quickly waiting is not an option. Lupus is unpredictable: flares can escalate overnight, organs can...
Colorado modernized voting, but the ballot Is still closed for many | PODIUM
Updated 1 week ago
By Amy Spicer On June 30, Colorado holds its primary election. Most voters will receive their ballots, make their choices, and never know that for...
From secret huddles to Zebulon — the high cost of the Dougco BOCC’s shady governance | PODIUM
Updated 2 weeks ago
By Bob Marshall, Lora Thomas and Julie Gooden In Douglas County, a new and dangerous standard of governance has taken root: if the public doesn’t...
Colorado’s prisons are underfunded, not overcrowded | PODIUM
Updated 3 weeks ago
By John Kellner The state does not have a “prison crowding” problem. It has a prison under-capacity problem. This is a crucial distinction for lawmakers...
Colorado’s health care cuts are painful — what comes next could be worse | PODIUM
Updated 4 weeks ago
Don’t break what works — leave Colorado’s ‘float but don’t touch’ intact | PODIUM
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Drug-induced abortions open a can of worms on campus | PODIUM
Updated 2 months ago
Colorado’s childcare contribution tax credit bolsters our economy by keeping programs afloat | PODIUM
Updated 2 months ago
Update, safeguard Colorado’s mail ballot with voter ID | PODIUM
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‘Steel for fuel’ — but bill consumers for both | PODIUM
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Congress needs to protect 340B for rural Colorado | PODIUM
Updated 3 months ago
Colorado’s clean-energy future must be affordable for older adults | PODIUM
Updated 3 months ago
Senate Bill 22 critical to keeping energy costs affordable, power reliable | PODIUM
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The public health hazards in sports betting | PODIUM
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Colorado is turning its back on agriculture | PODIUM
Updated 4 months ago
Colorado’s farmers and ranchers already face significant challenges, including volatile commodity prices, rising input costs, labor shortages and unpredictable weather. They should not also have...
Colorado lawmakers must stem our health care cost crisis | PODIUM
Updated 4 months ago
By Ali Rakestraw I’m a family physician and lifelong Coloradan, and I’m watching a health care crisis unfold in real time. Every day, I see...
Freight rail is Pueblo County’s competitive advantage | PODIUM
Updated 4 months ago
By Miles Lucero Pueblo County is helping drive Colorado’s next era of economic expansion. From clean energy to steel production to advanced manufacturing, our region is earning recognition for the...
Colorado needs to modernize mental health treatment | PODIUM
Updated 4 months ago
By Dafna Michaelson-Jenet and Sean Camacho Our country is in the midst of a mental health crisis. Nearly one in five adults in the United...
Rebuilding Colorado’s talent pipeline system | PODIUM
Updated 4 months ago
Comprehensive energy permitting reform benefits Colorado, the mountain west | PODIUM
Updated 5 months ago
Big Marijuana in Colorado is all about spin, denial | PODIUM
Updated 5 months ago
Colorado chose politics over public safety and now our communities pay the price | PODIUM
Updated 5 months ago
Bringing a local community approach to Colorado health policy | PODIUM
Updated 5 months ago
As Colorado’s soon-to-be majority, independent voters will determine state’s political future | PODIUM
Updated 6 months ago
Regular Coloradans went up against our state’s utility giant— and won | PODIUM
Updated 6 months ago
What the Minnesota fraud case teaches Colorado about grant oversight | PODIUM
Updated 6 months ago
We can build a better path forward for Colorado health care | PODIUM
Updated 6 months ago
Rural Colorado health care receives the attention it deserves | PODIUM
Updated 6 months ago
Financial tech should serve Colorado families — not sell their data | PODIUM
Updated 7 months ago
By Brianna Titone I proudly serve as vice chair of the Colorado House Finance Committee, and with experience as a full-stack web developer under my...
From chronically absent to exploring the culinary world | PODIUM
Updated 7 months ago
By Mary Lou Clough My youngest child, who loves cooking fried rice and making people laugh, struggled to find his place in middle school after...
As Polis pacifies, RTD uses loophole that lets taxes pay political consultants | PODIUM
Updated 7 months ago
By Natalie Menten A tax-hike campaign shouldn’t be funded with public tax dollars to hire political consultants — period. Yet Colorado law contains a loophole...