Officials: Federal tax changes create $955 million state budget shortfall
Colorado’s budget now stands $955 million short of being able to cover expenses that legislators approved for this fiscal year — a hole created by…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Developer of AP courses launching new classes focused on workforce readiness
As businesses balk at the cost of training graduates whom they deem unprepared and schools offer too many credentials with no value to employers, a…
Fed official: Rising tariffs, slowing hiring and coming price hikes could impact Colorado economy
Colorado’s unemployment rate remains above the national level, though that likely is more of an indicator of its higher-than-average labor-force participation rate than a particular…
Business leaders unsure if overtime/tip tax-break initiative will benefit them
As a conservative advocacy group moves ahead with a ballot measure to bar state taxation of tips and overtime pay, leaders in Colorado business sectors…
Individual health-insurance premiums set to rise significantly, state officials say
Colorado individual health-insurance premiums are expected to rise by an average of 28% next year — an increase precipitated by changes in federal law that…
Producer costs needed to run state recycling program coming into focus
Aiming to raise $215 million to $267 million for the first year of Colorado’s universal recycling initiative, the organization running the program is looking at…
Hotel, tourism industries watching for potential lodging-tax increases
As tourism-dependent Colorado communities face headwinds from economic uncertainty and federal trade policies, they also face a choice: Whether to ask voters to raise lodging…
Cuts to federal insurance subsidies spur pending premium hikes, emergency rule proposal from state
Scrambling to prevent a massive drop-off of Coloradans from private insurance rolls, state regulators have issued proposed emergency regulations to try to salvage some subsidies…
Colorado special session appears imminent following passage of federal spending bill
Passage Thursday of the budget-cutting “One Big Beautiful Bill” essentially mandates that the Legislature will return to the Capitol for a special session this summer…
Oil and gas producers prepare to meet new mandates on recycled water
Colorado oil and gas producers are working to meet another new set of regulations by year’s end — only this time, the rules are concerned…