The Denver Post Editorial Board
The Denver Postap editorial board takes positions on issues and politics that affect Colorado.
The members of the board are all employees of The Denver Post, including Megan Schrader, editor of the editorial pages; Lee Ann Colacioppo, editor; Bob Kinney, vice president of information technology; Monica Brewer, manager of newsroom operations; and TJ Hutchinson, systems editor. Read more about the board here.
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The Denver Postap editorial board takes positions on issues and politics that affect Colorado. Here's a look at who is on the board.
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Editorial: Repeal Colorado’s flawed and broken death penalty
The failures of Colorado's capital punishment system are almost too lengthy to list. The legislature should pass Senate Bill 95, which would end the death penalty.

Editorial: A Republican roadblock on Colorado transportation funding
Toughen up, Colorado lawmakers, and ask voters to tax themselves to pay for roads. It's that easy. No political wrangling necessary. No battles over the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.

Editorial: Keep Colorado’s Obamacare exchange, scrap $5 million taxpayer subsidy
Instead of shutting down the non-profit that runs Connect for Health Colorado, the state should shut down the tax credit that is funding the exchange with $5 million in taxpayer...

Editorial: Combating the terrorism we fear, without a ban or a list
An intervention that could have saved a Colorado security officer from an act of religious extremism fell short, but President Donald Trump's travel ban wouldn't have prevented the tragedy either.

Editorial: America needs Neil Gorsuch, and more like him
Conservatives have a real winner in independent-minded Neil Gorsuch; Democrats would be wise to let his nomination through.

Editorial: With free speech, the where and the when can be as important as the why
In the public arena, so often the moment matters as much as the message. Officials must balance that reality as they wrangle other, legitimate concerns.

Editorial: Dead end for gas tax shouldn’t end search for fixes
To grow and prosper in any enterprise, investments must be made for the future. Pretending that the state can fix its transportation challenges with existing money is just cynical.

Editorial: With latest bashing, Lying Trump gets sinister indeed
Donald Trump’s weekend bashing of a federal judge, and Monday’s attack of news organizations for supposedly sharing a hidden agenda with terrorists, goes way too far.

Editorial: Beloved grants funded by oil and gas taxes need to go
How the state will spend roughly $175 million in severance tax revenue next year from oil and gas operators has come under intense scrutiny.

Editorial: Small step for construction defects, a good one
The bill is not a panacea for the threat of expensive construction defects lawsuits, but it's an innovative and collaborative approach that would likely help.