Construction-defects reform bill getting support. But will it get condos built?
After the addition of eight amendments meant to salve critics, sponsors of a construction-defects reform bill watched it pass the House Monday by a 59-5…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Senate kills bill to make it easier to file some business-focused lawsuits
Having advanced for the first time as far as the floor of the Colorado Senate, a bill to make it easier to file pricey deceptive-trade-practices…
Polis signs law to promote nuclear-energy development in Colorado
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Monday that redefines nuclear energy as clean energy under state law, opening the market significantly to potential power…
Seemingly conflicting bills around drug-discounting are advancing through Legislature
Given the option between a hospital-backed bill or a pharmaceutical-backed effort to put state guardrails around a federal prescription-drug discounting program, members of the Colorado…
Bill to regulate work in “extreme temperatures” dies in House committee
Facing severe business backlash and bipartisan opposition, a pair of Colorado House Democrats on Thursday killed their bill to require a slew of new temperature-based…
Business leaders played major role in bill that helped Colorado land Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder — a relocation made possible in no small part by a $34 million incentive bill that business…
Labor advocates seek to scrap workers’ compensation doctor-choice limits
Unions and labor advocates want to expand the number of doctors that injured workers can choose from for treatment — from the four they now…
Senate makes major concession before passing bill to ban “junk fees”
Colorado senators gave their final approval to a bill aimed at banning “junk fees” on services from meals to rental agreements Wednesday — but only…
Governor signs law aimed at preventing “trigger audits” of businesses
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed a law prohibiting third-party auditors from sharing information about companies that they learn while doing their work, but it…
Effort to speed wireless-infrastructure permitting could be undermined by Senate amendment
Critics of a bill that seeks to offer regulatory predictability to the wireless industry tacked on an amendment this week that undermines the intent of…