Who’s pulling the strings in Boulder council races? Boulder voters deserve transparency about who supports our City Council candidates and what those endorsements imply about their priorities. In 2021 ...

I'm not attending the Oct. 18 No Kings protest. Not because I don't support (protest against) the numerous abuses of governmental overreach and abuse that I've seen the Trump administration commit, ...

Sen. Mike Lee has built a record of extremism that has brought shame to Utah and harm to our democracy. These are not isolated incidents, but a pattern that should not be ignored. These actions show a ...

Contrary to the opinions of Westmoreland County Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew, the county is woefully out of step compared with practices in other Southwestern Pennsylvania counties ...

Plateau State government has dissociated itself from an open letter purportedly written and addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by a group known as the Plateau United Front (PUF), and signed by ...

Re "The last thing Ohio needs is ranked-choice voting. It will hurt transparency, trust," Sept. 22: I find Kenneth Blackwell's comments about transparency to be unpersuasive. While the costs mentioned ...

Time is running out. In Colorado, the future of your child’s education isn’t decided in May at graduation — it’s decided in the fall, during something called the Count Window. The Count Window is a ...

Monday’s Monitor brought distressing news that New Hampshire’s loon count is far below what was expected. A robust loon population is vital to our economy and our reputation as a tourist destination.

Kitsap County’s August 2025 primary had a voter turnout of just 28.68%, revealing a serious problem in our democracy. Many skip local elections, thinking their vote doesn’t matter, but the ...

As a boy in the 1950s, I went on several bear hunts in the swamps near Avery Island and have since become an advocate for our official state mammal. In 1987, at the urging of U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...