Colorado proposes changes to family-and-medical-leave insurance program
Now that leaders of Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program have had more than two-and-a-half years to observe how it works, they are seeking…
Articles by Ed Sealover
August 10 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Secretary of State candidates talk business issues
In an effort to highlight the business issues involved in the four statewide races on the November ballot, “Colorado Chamber Office Hours” is bringing those…
Natural-gas question heading to ballot, likely to enflame debate around regulations next year
Colorado voters will decide in November whether businesses and homeowners have a constitutional right to heat and power their buildings with natural gas — a…
New Polis executive order aims to speed up permitting for “strategic industries”
Saying that faster permitting and siting is needed for Colorado to stay competitive for national job expansions, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Thursday…
Colorado slips in yet another national ranking, though there are bright spots too
Fresh off its precipitous drop to the middle of the pack in one major ranking of state business atmospheres, Colorado learned this week that it…
July 27 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Breaking down a major rulemaking hearing
On July 17, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission voted to update the rules around credit-trading markets for its nationally precedent-setting program to reduce emissions…
Colorado seeks to limit commercial usage of gas-powered mowers, blowers
Hoping to ween commercial landscapers off emissions-producing gas-powered equipment, Colorado regulators will consider rules later this year to limit the percentage of companies’ mowers and…
Rulemaking clarifies emissions-reduction credit-trading rules for manufacturers
Colorado manufacturers that exceed emissions-reduction requirements can sell the value of those emissions cuts outside the state, and those who achieve cuts this year via…
State seeking applicants for tax credits to build workplace training facilities
As Colorado economic-development leaders continue pushing to create more workforce-training programs to boost pipelines into in-demand jobs, they want businesses that hope to build new…
Policy platforms give insight to what progressive wave may mean for businesses
What could progressive legislators’ wins in Democratic primaries mean for business? The simple answer: Another push to upend the Labor Peace Act, efforts to fine…