Construction-defects reform decisively clears major hurdle
Given the choice between very different approaches to addressing construction-defects law, Colorado legislators on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed a bill to make it harder for condo…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Business coalition requests delay in pivotal rulemaking on toxic air contaminants
Business groups have asked Colorado regulators to postpone an April hearing regarding new toxic-air-contaminant rules, arguing that adopting reporting rules before knowing how the information…
Restaurants find success and roadblocks while seeking legislative help
Colorado restaurants that are begging state leaders for help during a time of mounting closures came away from two days of intense hearings this week…
Legislators debate costs and benefits of anti-obesity insurance mandate that will raise premiums significantly
Even as Colorado faces a $1 billion budget shortfall and bipartisanly declared affordability crisis, legislators are advancing an anti-obesity insurance mandate that will cost Medicaid…
Unions advance Labor Peace Act overhaul without proposed compromise
A bill to upend Colorado’s Labor Peace Act cleared another key legislative hurdle on Thursday — but only after a compromise proposal from a Democratic…
Trial lawyers trying again to make it easier to file pricey consumer-protection lawsuits
For the third straight year, legislators are advancing a bill to make it easier to file costly deceptive-trade-practices lawsuits under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act…
New price-gouging regulations pass Colorado House after significant concession from sponsors
Colorado House members passed a bill to boost the state’s price-gouging regulations on Monday — but only after scaling it back significantly so that it…
Bill to aid building owners needing to decarbonize doesn’t help enough, sector leaders say
When Colorado regulators passed emissions-reduction regulations on large commercial buildings in 2023, property managers decried the infeasibility of complying with the rules. A group of…
Unions introduce ballot measure to require employers prove “just cause” to fire workers
Colorado’s labor battles escalated significantly on Friday, as the state’s largest unions filed a ballot initiative that would require private-sector employers to prove just cause…
Artificial intelligence workers may get special protections in Colorado
Even before Colorado has established regulations for artificial-intelligence development, legislators are advancing a proposal to give special whistleblower protection to sector workers — a plan…