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…
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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…
Commission approves significant increases in fees for emissions producers
Emissions-producing Colorado companies from oil-and-gas drillers to manufacturing firms will see some of their reporting fees double over the next year, as state officials seek…
Sale of tax credits to balance budget hasn’t been as popular as legislators hoped
Last year, in their continuous search for new ways of funding state programs, Colorado legislators authorized the sale of as much as $250 million in…
Legal, business groups push back on arbitration-reform bill now before Polis
As Gov. Jared Polis considers which bills to veto or to sign over the next four weeks, some legal organizations, particularly those in the defense…
May 18 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Reviewing the 2026 legislative session
After 4-1/2 months of forward-looking discussions about legislative leaders’ priorities and the biggest bills of the 2026 legislative session, this week’s episode of “Colorado Chamber…
May 15 “Colorado Inside Out”: Legislative wins and losses
In this week’s “Colorado Inside Out” episode on Colorado Public Television, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives…
Legislators again look to boost rideshare safety but resist rules on drivers’ fares
Colorado legislators sought this session to boost regulations on transportation-network companies like Uber and Lyft regarding passenger safety, treatment of disabled passengers and the portion…
Polis immediately signs regulatory-review, artificial-intelligence bills into law
Gov. Jared Polis began his post-session bill-signing spree with a laser focus on business Thursday, inking laws that require more frequent regulatory reviews by state…