Colorado Governor Jared Polis

  • Lately, headlines have been all too willing to paint Colorado and Denver in particular as one of the most dangerous places in America. Some rankings even place the state in the top tier of crime-ridden regions. But those labels, while grabbing eyeballs, gloss over the complexity behind crime statistics, underreporting, media bias, shifting trends, and

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  • The law, passed in 2021, and it was meant to fix Colorado’s long-standing ban on inclusionary zoning (a 2000 state Supreme Court case had tied cities’ hands). HB 21-1117 gave cities the authority to require developers to include affordable units in new projects or pay into housing funds. The Empty Promise of “Affordable Housing” in

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  • Elon Musk didn’t just call out Colorado Governor Jared Polis Tuesday night he exposed the rot at the very core of performative policymaking. Musk amplified a story of a “very dangerous” inmate released under state law, calling it “insane.” He wasn’t wrong. What’s more insane is that the governor himself rushed onto X to huff

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  •   Denver’s politicians have a dream. A gleaming, eco-friendly dream where sleek buses glide down Colfax, cyclists own the road, and the average Denverite trades in their Subaru for a bus pass. It’s a vision of a city where cars are relics and public transit reigns supreme. But let’s cut through the ribbon-cutting speeches and

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