The Denver Post Editorial Board

Members of The Denver Post’s editorial board are Megan Schrader, editor of the editorial pages; Lee Ann Colacioppo, editor; Justin Mock, CFO; Bill Reynolds, vice president of circulation and production; Bob Kinney, vice president of information technology; and TJ Hutchinson, systems editor.

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow had good reason to inspect Aurora’s immigration detention facility (Opinion)

July 28, 2025 at 9:35 a.m.

Following reports from a University of Utah student that she was fed soggy bread and other mush while she was detained in a privately run Aurora detention center, U.S. Rep....

Aurora Municipal Center on June 28, 2025. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Booming Colorado cities need full-time councils, but pay can’t increase until that happens (Editorial)

July 20, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

“Public service is, by itself, supposed to be a sacrifice,” Coffman said. Amen.

Artist renderings released by Gov. Jared Polis' office on May 22, 2025, show plans for the Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway connecting the Capitol complex and Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. (Courtesy of Studio Gang)

Polis’ pedestrian bridge has a long way to go, but is worth the journey (Editorial)

July 14, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis’s pedestrian bridge is not without merit, nor does it have to be an assault on the historic district, as some critics have claimed. Adding an interesting and...

Caroline Dias Goncalves, a Brazilian-born student at the University of Utah, is seen in a family photo. Dias Goncalves was detained by federal immigration agents after a traffic stop in Colorado. (Photo via GoFundMe)

Trump’s ICE targeting noncriminals, like the nursing student detained in Colorado, here’s how we know (Editorial)

June 29, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

The apprehension and two-week detention of Caroline Dias Goncalves was a waste of federal resources and a violation of human decency.

Denver Water's headquarters, front, and Burnham Yard, in the background at top left, in Denver on Thursday, June 19, 2025. The rest of the water utility's campus, including operational buildings, is seen behind the headquarters to the upper right. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Move Denver Water for a new Broncos stadium? Not without money for all the trouble (Editorial)

June 23, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

The public needs to be told the modern-day market value of Burnham Yard and the value of Denver Water's property with a true appraisal conducted by an independent firm.

Chef and restaurateur Mary Nguyen always dreamed of opening her own chef-driven, fast-casual spot in Denver, and opened Olive & Finch in 2013. (Provided by Little Finch)

Is downtown Denver dead? Not according to these inspiring Coloradans. (Editorial)

June 15, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

The Denver Post's three-month-long downtown Denver project made it clear that the city has an uphill battle, but if you haven't visited the city recently, you may have missed some major developments.

Abraham Lincoln High School on July 24, 2024 in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Should Abraham Lincoln High School, and other low-performing Denver schools, be closed? (Editorial)

June 9, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero is right: the more accountability, the better for district schools that are struggling.

Law enforcement officials are on scene to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado on June 1, 2025. Multiple people were burned, some severely, in an attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall during a vigil that called on Hamas to release Israeli hostages. The FBI director characterized the incident as a “targeted terror attack.” (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

The Boulder attack should deepen Colorado’s support for the Jewish community (Editorial)

June 3, 2025 at 1:05 p.m.

The opportunity to support Colorado's Jewish community will come quickly; Sunday, June 8, is the 30th Boulder Jewish Festival.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston discusses the city budget during a news conference at the Denver Central Library on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Denver’s cuts will come at a terrible time, but no one should be surprised (Editorial)

May 23, 2025 at 10:18 a.m.

The city has been living high on the hog for more than a decade, growing city government services and hiring hundreds, if not thousands, of new employees.

A sheriff's vehicle is parked outside the Grand County Sheriff's Office on April 22, 2025, in Hot Sulphur Springs. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Grand County boy’s suspicious death would have remained a rural-Colorado secret if not for watchdogs. More transparency is needed. (Editorial)

May 21, 2025 at 8:48 a.m.

When a malnourished and dehydrated 7-year-old died in Grand County with high levels of sodium in his blood, the response from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office was to send an...

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