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Alexander Hamilton believed it was his “duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be,” a principle Xcel Energy ratepayers are s…
Last year, my good friend Terry Martinez retired from School District 11 after 31 years as a teacher, coach and principal. During that long ca…
As a lawyer, engineer, and mother, I care deeply about education. I am far from alone, of course. Education is a daily kitchen-table issue for…
The term Colorado Divide is not just geographical, it is political. I think that we all have noticed the division in our state between urban a…
The opening of the school year is on the near horizon. Very soon, America’s 100,000 public elementary, middle and high schools will have reope…
When bipartisanship in Washington prevails, we see results. That is why today, I would like to demonstrate how one bipartisan policy for Brand…
Olympic and Paralympic Athletes need Colorado’s elected officials to help them reform the U.S. Olympic Committee and keep it in the Springs.
The diminutive pulse of national teacher discontent must be superseded with a cogent, thunderous drumbeat advocating the better treatment of o…
In a life that’s spanned eight decades, I’ve had the good fortune of living in the four points of the American compass.
Six years ago, I was honored to be named President & CEO of Peak Vista Community Health Centers (Peak Vista).
I had a conversation with the new superintendent of District 11 schools, Michael Thomas, who will soon earn his doctorate in educational leade…
It was quiet. The silence rang out in the night as hundreds of people looked to Memorial Hospital and raised a single lit candle into the air.
Immigration is likely the most divisive issue our country faces today.
EPA will be hosting a discussion and listening session in Colorado Springs this week to address a group of emerging drinking water contaminant…
Providing the Pikes Peak region, and all of Colorado, a first-rate transportation system is vital to our future. We need a solution that will …
Since 1918, the Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters have worked to create a collaborative relationship with the leadership of the city …
You may be mad at me for saying this, but deep down you know that I am right. I don’t do protest because it rarely persuades anyone. When I wa…
Time again to propose the solution to the immigration dilemma. It is not going away. I keep telling everybody that the immigration conundrum w…
This is a local story. I am hoping that there are no national implications or applications. I just must tell you that someone in the Sky Sox o…
I used to be amused with Auntie Max. Auntie Max, aka congressional Rep. Maxine Waters, is serving as a U.S. representative for California. Her…
The immigrant family separation debacle has, justifiably, raised calls to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. ICE is a compo…
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper recently signed an executive order committing Colorado to adopt California’s low-emissions vehicles standards.…
Too often we turn on the television to see violence with firearms unfolding in our country — at concerts, churches, and even schools. We hear …
It’s rare when the far left Bernie Sanders followers and the far right friends of Gordon Klingenschmitt share a common political cause, but th…
A Colorado committee recently considered how to regulate a new generation of marijuana-based products that illustrate just how far commerciali…