Higher ed’s orthodoxy
Far from being bastions of open inquiry, universities usually have been bastions of orthodoxy and intolerance.
Good News for White Supremacists from the MSU-Denver Writing Center
Learning to speak standard English traditionally has helped minorities move up the economic and social ladder. The Writing Center decision not to teach standard English helps assure that they stay at the bottom.
Taxpayers on the hook for growing cost of government debt
Debt is a powerful and beneficial tool when used appropriately. Unfortunately, at the state, national, and local levels of government on down to the individual, debt threatens to cripple Coloradans’ economic freedom and prosperity. Federal debt The US government’s gross national debt recently reached $38 trillion, this only a short two months after hitting $37 […]
Coloradans Can Expect Far More Complicated Taxes if Progressive Income Tax Passes
Initiative 181 would greatly complicate your tax return.
What Colorado’s state treasurer gets wrong about ‘austerity’
In a recent Denver Post opinion piece, State Treasurer Dave Young urges higher taxes on the wealthy and energy production as a fix for the legislature’s ongoing and self-imposed struggle to balance Colorado’s state budget. Rather than engaging in this year’s budget challenges in good faith, Young turns to euphemisms, slogans, and strawmen to […]
Jake Fogleman Discusses the PUC’s Plan to Phase Out Natural Gas on Free State Colorado
Independence Institute Director of Policy Jake Fogleman appeared on the Free State Colorado podcast this week to talk about the Public Utilities Commission’s recent decision aimed at phasing out natural gas use in homes and commercial buildings. He discussed what the PUC’s new “clean heat” targets will mean in practice for gas utilities and ratepayers, […]
PUC Establishes New ‘Clean Heat’ Targets Designed to Crack Down on Natural Gas
The regulatory noose around Colorado’s natural gas utilities just got a whole lot tighter, and captive ratepayers stand to bear the brunt of the economic pain. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Monday issued a formal decision updating the state’s emissions targets under its first-in-the-nation “clean heat plan” law. The decision established by rule […]
Progressive income tax means a more volatile Colorado budget
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the books Antifragile and The Black Swan, defines fragility as: “what does not like volatility, and that what does not like volatility does not like randomness, uncertainty, disorder, errors, stressors, etc.” The Democrat plan to replace Colorado’s flat income tax with a progressive tax is a pitch-perfect example of this. […]
Colorado voters sold false bill of goods with Props LL and MM
According to recent Joint Budget Committee staff analysis, Colorado’s Healthy School Meals for All (HSMA) program was operating within budget during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 fiscal years, before Propositions LL and MM were passed by voters in November. This information raises significant concerns about what voters knowingly or unknowingly approved when they passed Propositions LL […]
Colorado losing luster as a migration destination state
Colorado’s State Demography Office recently held its 2025 State Demography Summit to present updated population data for the state, using the most current research methods. Colorado’s population/migratory trends could significantly impact the state’s economic trajectory. Let’s unpack some of the new data. Changes due to new methodology The US Census Bureau consistently updates its methodology […]
The Big Short(fall): Colorado’s Upcoming Power Plant Closures and Planned Replacements
By Ethan Cornell* Introduction The data summarizing planned generation closures in Colorado signals a rapid and profound infrastructural transformation. The schedule details the planned retirement of 10 major coal-fired units between 2025 and 2031, collectively representing a loss of nearly 4,200 megawatts (MW) of nameplate capacity. The primary policy question this raises is whether the […]
Phil Weiser’s troubling taxpayer-funded obsession with Trump
Weiser has used taxpayer-funded lawsuits to go on a jihad against President Trump, and probably to promote his own candidacy for governor.
