Labor Peace Act overhaul advances over business complaints
Senate Democrats used their first bill hearing of the 2025 legislative session Tuesday to advance a proposed major change to the state’s Labor Peace Act,…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Colorado officials identify five air toxic contaminants for additional regulation
Colorado officials took the first steps Friday in adding new control measures around five priority toxic air contaminants produced by sources ranging from oil-and-gas drilling…
Pinnacol opens up about business losses to build case to become private company
Pinnacol Assurance has lost 10,000 of its 60,000 customers over the past decade because of changing workplace dynamics and must become a fully privatized firm…
Poll: 70% of voters oppose changes to Labor Peace Act
Less than a week before the first scheduled hearing of a bill to rewrite Colorado’s Labor Peace Act, a coalition of business groups has released…
Senate Republicans offer regulatory-rollback package aimed at cutting specific fees, rules
Just days after Gov. Jared Polis called for legislators to pass regulatory reform, Colorado Senate Republicans offered the first package to that effect on Tuesday,…
In State of State Address, Polis seeks regulatory reform and caution in potential Labor Peace Act changes
Gov. Jared Polis used his State of the State Address on Thursday to call out several major business priorities, including asking legislators to undertake regulatory…
Opening-day bills tackle unionization, wage theft, price gouging, Ozempic and more
Colorado legislative Democrats stormed out of the gate Wednesday by introducing two major pro-labor efforts as well as several cost-of-living bills that are likely to…
Legislative session opens with calls to address affordability crisis
Leaders of all four of Colorado’s legislative caucuses called for new laws that will help to bring down the cost of living during Wednesday’s opening…
Colorado regulators seeking steep increases in permitting fees for air pollutants
Colorado regulators want to raise fees by as much as 67% on air-pollutant emissions and the permits that are required for them — a price…
2025 Colorado Legislative Preview: An enormous amount for business to watch
In terms of resets, Colorado’s November legislative election results were negligible compared to what happened nationally. Republicans flipped three districts in the 65-member state House…