Leroy Garcia

抖阴ap: Veterans need and deserve comprehensive medical care from the VA

November 11, 2022 at 6:06 a.m.

Heath Robinson was a healthy 35 year old husband and father when doctors diagnosed him with stage four Adenocarcinoma, a rare form of lung cancer caused by prolonged exposure to...

DENVER, CO - JUNE 4: The exterior of the Colorado Capitol building is pictured as the Colorado General Assembly enters the final days of the regular session on June 4, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Leroy Garcia: Patriotism is putting aside political acrimony to get the job done

July 6, 2021 at 9:24 a.m.

I grew up in Pueblo, Colorado, the 6th generation of my Garcia family tree to call Southern Colorado home. Like many people in Southern Colorado, my parents raised me to...

Senate President Leroy Garcia, left congratulates ...

Standing on the precipice — how will we respond?

August 7, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

We are going through a massive transformational shift right now. From a once-in-a-generation pandemic that has claimed the lives of countless people around the world, to an international uprising demanding...

Fisher's Peak Ranch in southeast Colorado to become Colorado's 42nd state park.

Garcia: Colorado’s state parks are struggling, but not for long

March 4, 2020 at 1:31 p.m.

Tired of fighting other hikers for parking and campers for campsite space? Sick of the nauseating conditions of park restrooms? Relief is on its way.

Guest Commentary: Pause on Memorial Day to think of fallen heroes and those who are missing

May 27, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Memorial Day is more than just honoring the service of the deceased, it is about keeping their memory alive.

We should take war out of the conversation, and think about what is really at stake: men and women, human beings who have been wounded and who continue to be injured and harmed, writes Rachel Belouin. (AP file photo)

Garcia: Too many veterans are suffering; here’s what we’re doing

November 11, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Not all wounds are visible. Too many veterans suffer in silence from mental wounds related to their military service.

Members of the Service Employees International Union, along with other community groups, hold a funeral march protesting U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Mike Coffman and Congress' failure to pass immigration reform, July 15, 2014. The protester march in downtown Denver near the Colorado State Capitol. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Celebrating patriots of all stripes

July 3, 2018 at 5:15 p.m.

As my family and I get ready to celebrate Independence Day, I cannot help but reflect, and be thankful to our men and women in uniform who fought for, and...

Guest Commentary: Save lives in southern Colorado with opioid treatment training

February 9, 2017 at 11:17 a.m.

The creation of this program will help Pueblo and Routt counties, two areas deeply impacted by this issue, move to the forefront of efforts to combat opioid drug overdoses.

Park County,COLORADO-May 11, 2004-Gary Nichols , Tourism and Community Development Director, Park County, fly fishes on Fourmile Creek in South Park. This stream, on a private ranch, is one of several now being offerered for public fishing through the South Park Fly Fishers. The program, funded by a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, allows a few people a day to fish private waters through a permitting process. The program helps the ranchers financially too. Upstream (to the right) of Gary is Dieter Erdmann , Conservation Real Estate Specialist for Colorado Open Lands. The snow covered mountains of the Mosquito Range are in the background. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY LYN ALWEIS) (Photo By Lyn Alweis/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Don’t double the price of Colorado hunting and fishing licenses

August 30, 2016 at 3:04 p.m.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife's conclusion that the only way to preserve our outdoors industry is to increase fees by 100 percent on our in-state hunters and fishers is not acceptable.

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