Calls grow for Polis to veto right-of-first-refusal bill
A coalition involving 17 business, construction and real-estate associations is raising pressure on Gov. Jared Polis to veto a bill that would make Colorado the…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Deadline nears for Colorado employers to offer retirement-savings plans
The clock is ticking on Colorado employers who don’t now offer retirement-savings plans for their workers, as many must change their practice by February or…
Denver mayoral candidates discuss economic incentives, housing and Fair Workweek plans
Denver mayoral candidates Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston, who have offered nuanced differences on subjects from homelessness to affordable housing, posited similarly subtle but unique…
Health-care companies get mixed bag in 2023 legislative session
In many ways, the outcome of the 2023 legislative session for the health-care industry mirrored that of business in general: Employers fought off potentially stifling…
Companies within disproportionately impacted communities to come under new regulations
Pollution-generating companies within Colorado communities that are poorer, more ethnically diverse and addled with environmental problems soon will have to undergo enhanced modeling and monitoring…
Business groups seek vetoes on handful of recently passed bills
Despite the business sector killing or paring down many of the proposals it most opposed during the 2023 legislative session, several groups still are asking…
Polis signs bills committing $70M to workforce development
With employers across Colorado facing continued shortages of talented workers, Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a pair of bills that industry leaders…
Green energy law offers new business tax credits while cutting ad-valorem credits
Colorado’s twin pushes for greater adoption of renewable energy and faster reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions now feature a bevy of new incentives, though those come…
After changes, businesses and legislators laud bills that could affect utility rates
At the end of a legislative session uniquely focused on utility companies and their operations, legislators and the state’s two investor-owned utilities may have hit…
Despite push, bills regulating emerging energy sectors still have too many guardrails, industry leaders say
Colorado legislators passed a swath of bills at the end of the 2023 legislative session to set up regulatory frameworks for emerging energy sectors, but…