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…
Articles by Ed Sealover
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…
Is end of Democratic House supermajority needed to restore balance to business debates?
While politicos are focused on eight or nine races to see if Democrats keep their Colorado House supermajority in the Nov. 5 election, maybe the…
Five key Colorado Senate races have major business implications
Democrats need to flip just one seat in the Nov. 5 election to ramp their control of the Colorado Senate up from a majority into…
Legislators have a business tax-break plan — and opposition to it
After considering several options to reduce the business-personal-property tax burden, Colorado legislators appear interested in backing a plan that would nix a rarely used tax…
Legislators favor lighter touch to regulating business audits contracted by cities
Given the options of taking an aggressive or conservative approach to combatting “trigger audits,” Colorado legislators appear to have chosen the latter. The Sales and…
Report on hospital facility fees could stir new health-care regulatory efforts
A legislatively mandated report on hospital-system facility fees that was released Tuesday appears likely to spark a new round of debate on whether the state…
Colorado regulators appear to reach consensus on cumulative-impacts regulations
After four weeks of testimony and debate, Colorado regulators seem to have aligned on new cumulative-impacts rules that will require more protections from oil and…
Legislators considering bills to reduce “trigger audits”
Multiple medium- to large-sized companies say that they’ve been targeted for audits over and over by groups of a dozen or more municipalities in recent…