Polis signs final bills from 2026 session, including several business-focused laws
Gov. Jared Polis completed his bill-signing and veto actions for the 2026 legislative session Thursday by inking 41 new laws, including measures to remove a…
Articles by Ed Sealover
The 2026 legislative session was defined by the energy debates that didn’t happen
This legislative session was supposed to be a defining one for the utility and energy sectors — one in which legislators would debate and pass…
Surveillance data, arbitration bills that worried business get axe from Polis
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday vetoed bills that would have banned the use of surveillance data in individualized price setting and reformed state law on…
Polis signs heavily rewritten bill to fund health-insurance subsidies to Coloradans
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday to give Colorado’s health-insurance subsidy program a one-time $140 million infusion to keep it solvent for one more…
June 1 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Next steps to new career pipelines
One year after statewide business and educational leaders met in a series of regional talent summits to develop plans for how to create more career…
New laws extend tax credits for business expansion, childcare contributions
Budget shortfall be damned, Gov. Jared Polis signed two tax-credit extensions into law last week to continue Colorado’s best economic-development tool and the best help…
Expressing dismay to all parties, Polis vetoes Labor Peace Act changes again
Gov. Jared Polis again vetoed a bill Friday that would have eliminated Colorado’s unique second election in the private-sector unionization process, saying that “both business…
Pinnacol and its advocates end effort to privatize via a state ballot initiative
Supporters of a ballot measure to disaffiliate Pinnacol Assurance from state control and use the proceeds to launch a fund to train skilled workers will…
Task of meshing higher ed, workforce development begins with bill signing
Gov. Jared Polis and House Speaker Julie McCluskie have worked together over the past eight years to reassess the state’s workforce-development and higher-education systems and…
Polis signs final housing bill in session that brought mixed results on the topic
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed the last major effort of his tenure as Colorado’s top elected official to boost affordable housing, following a legislative…