Colorado voters easily reject ranked-choice voting
Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected Proposition 131, an effort to reform the state’s voting systems in a way that sought to produce more aisle-crossing office…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Polis seeking to convert Pinnacol Assurance as part of budget plan
Gov. Jared Polis has resurrected the idea of converting Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer of last resort, into an independently operated mutual insurance…
Regulators’ coming decisions could determine future of carbon capture in Colorado
Colorado is about to begin setting rules for companies seeking to pump carbon dioxide underground — a new technology that state leaders call necessary to…
Business leaders plead for changes in state’s new AI law
Developers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems are begging a legislative task force to amend definitions and an “untenable” appeals process in Colorado’s AI law…
Five air contaminants singled out for additional regulation
Colorado air-quality regulators have identified five priority toxic air contaminants for which they will propose more stringent regulations, including ones emitted from combustion engines, medical-device…
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…
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…