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"Measles," by Dave Haygarth, via Flickr: Creative Commons

Littwin: Polis gets full-day kindergarten but does nothing to protect kids from measles crisis

Thanks to Jared Polis and the state legislature, Colorado finally has statewide full-day kindergarten, which would be something to celebrate as the legislative session...
"Vaccination," by Jason, via Flickr: Creative Commons

Littwin: Facing the possibility of a measles outbreak, the governor wants more data

This column was significantly updated on Friday, April 26, after Colorado Public Radio reported that Gov. Jared Polis had indicated he wouldn’t sign the...

Littwin: The smart move would be not to impeach Trump, but is it the...

So now that we have the damning Mueller Report, or much of it, in hand, the obvious question is what the hell we should...

Littwin: You can’t blame Columbine curse for a shotgun that may not have been...

The truest lesson of Columbine returned in full force to Colorado, and it’s simply this: Columbine will never go away. And then there’s the corollary....
Photo of smoggy downtown Denver skyline via the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control Division, Technical Services Program, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

Colorado’s vaunted oil and gas rules are flawed and inadequately enforced Air quality continues...

Colorado’s much-touted regulations on emissions from oil and gas operations have not kept pace with explosive growth in oil and gas activity, resulting in...

Littwin: Trump’s plan for sanctuary cities must mean he actually believes his own lies

As we all know, Donald Trump is the sociopathic liar of our time and, just possibly, of any time. It’s not only that he...
nterior Secretary David Bernhardt testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. The BLM is housed within the department and is moving its headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Coloradan David Bernhardt confirmed as Trump’s Interior secretary As expected, Sens. Bennet and Gardner...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist and George W. Bush administration official, to become the next...

Littwin: Colorado GOP picks Ken Buck to make the case that the party is...

In response to its all-but-unprecedented disaster that was the last election cycle, the Colorado Republican Party has come up with a plan — to...
Sen. Michael Bennet drops back for a pass. (Photo by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., via Creative Commons: Flickr)

Littwin: Michael Bennet has prostate cancer, but he still intends to run for president

When Michael Bennet’s office called to say he had a big announcement to make, I assumed he would be confirming what everyone already knew...

Littwin: Is Uncle Joe Biden really ready to apologize for Biden being Biden?

The question now being hotly debated in Democratic circles is whether Uncle Joe Biden is too creepy — or, at minimum, too handsy —...