Colorado taking steps to try to limit increases in homeowners insurance
Colorado’s housing affordability crisis, which has made recruitment and retention more difficult for employers statewide, is not just an issue of home costs but of…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Aug. 29 Colorado Inside Out: Special session and nuclear energy
On the Aug. 29 episode of “Colorado Inside Out” on PBS 12, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic…
Polis’ budget cuts target health care, higher education
Two days after the end of a special session that rolled back $153 million in tax breaks to help close a budget shortfall, Gov. Jared…
Colorado is selling tax credits to help balance its budget. Will businesses be interested in buying?
Colorado legislators spent much of the recently adjourned special session reducing tax breaks for businesses. Now, as part of two bills they passed, they also…
Special session ends with legislators rolling back five business tax breaks
As the special session ended Tuesday, Colorado legislators sent to Gov. Jared Polis four bills that could roll back $153.2 million in business tax breaks…
Backers nix regulatory overhaul, delay implementation of Colorado AI law
Facing industry and public-entity backlash over a potentially job-stunting liability clause in the latest try at artificial-intelligence regulatory overhaul, backers agreed instead Monday to delay…
Liability provision is newest obstacle for reform of artificial-intelligence regulations
The drawn-out negotiations over revamping Colorado’s artificial-intelligence regulations have hit another stumbling block — a proposed liability amendment introduced Sunday that AI-system developers worry could…
Debate over one business tax break exemplifies the fight at the heart of legislative special session
Of the four special-session bills that seek to raise revenue by rolling back tax breaks, none will contribute more to state coffers — about $100…
Special session opens with legislators advancing competing AI bills
While the first day of the 2025 special session was marked largely by the advancement of Democratic bills over Republican alternatives on many issues Wednesday,…
Special session “a first pass” at reconsidering Colorado tax and spending policy
Over the next three to seven days, the Colorado General Assembly will take steps to roll back tax credits, cut spending and dip into its…