Columnists newsletter from The Denver Post

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Today's Most Recent Columnist

Hickenlooper: Solar? Wind? Oil and gas? All of the above in Colorado
The gas station near our neighborhood has raised the price of a gallon of gas by nearly 20 cents in just one week. It's the same everywhere. Gas is climbing to nearly $4 per gallon — essentially a job-killing tax on consumers just as we are beginning to see the economy improve.  

• Editorial: How are we going to pay for college?
• Barnes-Gelt: Here's how I would fix Denver's deficit
• Battleground Colorado: Join the discussion
• Guest Commentary: Kids need lawmakers to be bold on literacy bill
• Lamm: The most influential women in Colorado history

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Tina Griego - Metro

Griego: Keota comes back to life at Colorado history museum
At 11 a.m. Monday, a bus from Greeley pulled up outside the new History Colorado Center, where educational director JJ Rutherford waited.  

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Ed Quillen - Opinion

Quillen: We need a state dog. My vote: the noble mutt.
Only once have I ever visited the Sunflower State, detouring on a road trip to Dallas about a decade ago. I didn't see anything that made me want to return, but even so, I do pay some attention to what happens in Kansas.