Dan Njegomir

If you’ve been around Colorado a while, you may have noticed that voting is a lot more convenient, accessible and just plain easier than it used to be. It’s more secure, too. And the overall balloting system in our state functions way better than in a lot of other states – many of which now […]

Former Boulder state Rep. Claire Levy’s title has of course changed since she left the legislature in 2013, but she’s still shaping and advocating public policy. Although the liberal Democrat and longtime lawyer no longer casts a vote in the state House, she has a distinct voice at the policy table as executive director of […]

A lot of people gasp at the mere thought of running a marathon. James Mejia has completed 72 of them. And the onetime Denver mayoral hopeful and former Denver Public Schools board member says he has picked up some life lessons with each race. Most notably: “You may start slow, but if you persevere, you […]

Daniel Cole has gone from precocious political operative in the Pikes Peak Region to all-around point man in Colorado Republican circles in a fairly short time. His still-boyish looks and relative youth at 35 belie the mileage he has racked up along the way, sharpening his street savvy and building his cred as a ubiquitous […]

Tyler Sandberg wasn’t among the GOP candidates and officeholders swept aside by the blue tide last fall – but the wave arguably hit him as hard. He was, after all, among those running their campaigns. In today’s Q&A, the veteran political consultant offers some blunt and telling insights about what happened, as well as some […]

Dave Davia is one of those players in Colorado politics who helps align the sun, moon and stars to make things happen – while leaving center stage to others. His motivation? “I am fiercely proud of our state and the things that make it such an incredible place to live…,” he tells us in today’s […]

Lynn Granger(Courtesy of the Colorado Petroleum Council) She’s the new face and voice of the Colorado Petroleum Council – a fresh recruit on the front line in the battle over oil and gas development – but Lynn Granger is hardly a newcomer to the war of words that drives every policy debate. She is in […]

Is there a growing divide between rural and urban Colorado? The question arises often enough on our pages — and we put it to Eaton Mayor Kevin Ross in this

In this week's Q&A, Hannah Collazo shares details of her group Environment Colorado's agenda while also reminding us that her ultimate goal involves a value shared with other environmental groups:

“A city’s character has a lot to do with the entrepreneurial imagination of its people”: The president of the Colorado Senate talks about what makes Pueblo unique.