By Buddy Jericho Across Colorado, I hear from people who did what they were told responsible citizens should do. They worked, saved, bought a home and, in some cases, paid it off. Yet they still worry they may not be able to afford to stay because the tax bill keeps climbing. That anxiety is not imaginary. According to Colorado’s Division of Property Taxation, certified property-tax revenue rose 21.1 percent from tax year 2022 to 2023, reaching nearly $15.45 billion. That mon

By Buddy Jericho I recently returned from traveling across Colorado’s Western Slope with gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx and his lieutenant governor running mate, George Markert. Along the way, I spent time talking with families, ranchers, small-business owners, workers and young people. The data suggest that feeling is widespread. A recent statewide survey of registered Colorado voters found that roughly one in ten now identifies politically as socialist. Another Colorad

By Buddy Jericho A few nights after the primary, we opened a Zoom call with GOP county leaders and grassroots Republicans expecting a normal campaign update. Instead, people kept joining. Questions kept coming. Some were about strategy. Some were about November. Some were about how we reach unaffiliated voters and talk to families worried about affordability, public safety, education and the direction of the state. And some were about rumors from the primary that were still a

Buddy Jericho shares a practical framework for spotting misleading claims and responding with calm, source-backed facts.

Buddy Jericho reflects on loss, courage, and what citizens owe one another when government fails the people it is meant to serve.