Key business issues are at stake in the outcomes of Colorado legislative races
The “S” word — supermajority — is omnipresent in insiders’ discussions of legislative elections this year. If Democrats pick up one more seat in both…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Oct. 12 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Three gubernatorial candidates discuss business issues
On the latest episode of “Colorado Chamber Office Hours,” the state’s three major gubernatorial candidates — Democrat Phil Weiser, Republican Victor Marx and independent Greg…
Oct. 9 “Colorado Inside Out”: Reflections on gubernatorial forum, income-tax ballot battle
Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, appeared on the Oct. 9…
Where Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates stand on business issues
Colorado has become too expensive to live in, too costly to do business in and is overregulated, according to multiple surveys of both businesses and…
Marx, Weiser clash on labor and environmental issues at gubernatorial forum
Colorado gubernatorial candidates Victor Marx and Phil Weiser staked out very different positions at a forum Thursday on environmental regulations, the future of the Colorado…
What impact could Front Range Passenger Rail have on the congestion marring Colorado’s transportation system?
For most of this year, business leaders expected an election debate over whether the state should put more money to highway expansion. Instead, the only…
Prop NN: Will boost in school funding and TABOR cap raise help or hurt businesses?
Backers label Proposition NN a measure to boost school funding while opponents warn that it will eliminate Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds for Colorado residents….
Sept. 28 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Income tax rates on the November ballot
Two income-tax initiatives — Amendment 87 and Proposition 136 — are dominating the business-community discussions around the 2026 Colorado ballot. And on the latest episode…
The income-tax debate that will shape the future of Colorado
Colorado leaders last changed the state’s income-tax system in 1987, moving from a graduated to a flat-tax structure in which every resident and business pay…
Colorado is creating new regulations for the only petroleum refinery in the state
After creating new emissions-reduction rules for industries from oil-and-gas to commercial buildings over the past six years, Colorado regulators are on the verge of doing…