Democrats choose collaborator as next Colorado Senate president
Senate Democrats on Friday chose James Coleman, an eight-year legislator who has sponsored numerous workforce-development bills and carries a reputation as a collaborator, to be…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Democrats set to hold supermajority in one Colorado legislative chamber, not the other
Colorado Senate Democrats appear unlikely to capture a supermajority in that chamber, even as House Democrats are on track to maintain that veto-proof status in…
Colorado voters easily reject ranked-choice voting
Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected Proposition 131, an effort to reform the state’s voting systems in a way that sought to produce more aisle-crossing office…
Polis seeking to convert Pinnacol Assurance as part of budget plan
Gov. Jared Polis has resurrected the idea of converting Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer of last resort, into an independently operated mutual insurance…
Regulators’ coming decisions could determine future of carbon capture in Colorado
Colorado is about to begin setting rules for companies seeking to pump carbon dioxide underground — a new technology that state leaders call necessary to…
Business leaders plead for changes in state’s new AI law
Developers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems are begging a legislative task force to amend definitions and an “untenable” appeals process in Colorado’s AI law…
Five air contaminants singled out for additional regulation
Colorado air-quality regulators have identified five priority toxic air contaminants for which they will propose more stringent regulations, including ones emitted from combustion engines, medical-device…
New rules would limit use of fresh water in oil-and-gas operations
To reduce the amount of fresh water used in oil-and-gas drilling, operators must ensure a certain percentage of water they are using in extraction is…
Proposed state-law changes boost disability-discrimination lawsuits
A quartet of legislatively created committees has offered a wide range of suggestions to improve the lives of Coloradans with disabilities — including the revival…
Both industry, environmentalists frustrated with final cumulative-impacts rules
Colorado regulators officially enacted new rules this week to limit the cumulative impacts of multiple emissions-producing projects on a single area — and, in doing…