March 16 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Alcohol tax and fee proposals
Two bills set for their first hearings at the Colorado Legislature this week would increase taxes or fees on beer, wine and spirits sales to fund…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Bills seek to make alcohol producers pay more for substance-abuse, mental-health treatment
Alcohol is big business in Colorado. Centennial State breweries are responsible for more than 61,000 jobs. Western Slope wineries help to drive tourism to the…
Revived bill to ban individualized price- and wage-setting gets initial approval
One year after a similar bill died in its first committee hearing, a new proposal is advancing in the Colorado Legislature to bar companies from…
Polis signs law imposing hiring preferences on some coal-transition-area employers
Gov. Jared Polis this week signed into law a bill that will require some employers in coal-transition communities to give hiring preference to workers who…
Legislative leaders introduce far-reaching regulatory-review bill
Amid bipartisan talk of the need for regulatory reform, a bill introduced Wednesday by all four of the legislative caucus leaders would look to put…
“Unholy trinity” of bills raising corporate taxes by $580M pass first committee
Colorado legislative Democrats are pushing forward three tax-break rollbacks that will cost businesses some $580 million annually, boosting tax credits for lower-income families while increasing…
House approves repeat measure to undo requirements of Colorado Labor Peace Act
Proponents of eliminating the second election that is now required for union security in Colorado passed their effort through the Colorado House on Monday, though…
Legislators battling again with rideshare companies over driver pay, safety rules
Less than 10 months after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to add safety-focused restrictions on transportation-network companies like Uber and Lyft, the issue is…
March 9 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Extreme temperature oversight
For the second year in a row, the Legislature is primed to debate whether the state should boost protections for employees who are working outside…
Hospitals win first healthcare battle of session, but providers and insurers gearing up for more
Colorado healthcare providers who remain under financial stress dodged what they called a bullet when a Senate committee rejected a bill Thursday to boost state…