CHECK PLEASE: Why Your Restaurant Bill is Higher

From the “We told you so” files, comes this item from Channel 4 News in Denver — the minimum wage hike forced on restaurants is impacting prices while hurting the bottom line of these small business owners. Jobs are being eliminated as many restaurants move to kiosk...

GAZETTE: Early Endorsement Tells GOP to Unite Behind Stapleton

Petitioner’s feet hadn’t even hit the streets before the first newspaper endorsement rolled in for the GOP nominee for governor. With the big win from the conservative Colorado Springs area is State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, who nailed The Gazette’s endorsement on...

THE ELECTION BEGINS: Voters Can Start Signing Petitions Today

Republicans and participating independents have a deep bench from which to choose their nominee for governor. Just how deep, they will see for themselves beginning Tuesday, when petition gatherers start popping up in neighborhoods and grocery store parking lots to get...

GOP GOVERNOR’S RACE: Stapleton Leads in Straw Polls

The Western Slope gave an early indication of who they like for the Republican nominee for governor. Treasurer Walker Stapleton won a Grand Junction straw poll last week following the GOP debate with 45 percent of the support. There were a total of 78 votes cast,...

WAGONS WEST! Government Jobs Managing Public Lands Headed Our Way

It’s official. The Interior Department has launched its largest reorganization in history to move bureaucrats out of the Beltway and into the heartland where their decisions will literally affect their next-door neighbors. And Colorado is in the running to headquarter...