Colorado House leader will introduce bill targeting construction wage theft
As construction companies desperately seek new workers to build homes and infrastructure, Colorado legislators want to ramp up protections to ensure they are paid for…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Polis boosts workforce-development plans before start of 2024 session
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday added more definition to his workforce-development push for the coming legislative session, proposing new tax credits for the quantum industry…
Colorado officials OK fees for laying broadband fiber in highway right-of-way
Despite growing concerns from elected officials about stunting broadband expansion, the Colorado Transportation Commission approved a structure for fees that telecommunications firms and local organizations…
Colorado property tax commission meets, hears forecast on property values
While Colorado property valuations spiked enough this year to necessitate a ballot initiative, a special session and a commission to study them, that commission learned…
Colorado employers must prepare for these new laws in 2024
Colorado employers looking ahead to 2024 need to prepare for several legal and regulatory changes coming from the state government, including the full implementation of…
Ozone committee, CDPHE readying new bills to rein in emissions
Colorado energy producers are awaiting what they expect will be multiple new regulatory proposals in the 2024 legislative session. An unknown number could be coming…
Colorado regulators limit scope of coming ban on gas-powered lawn equipment
Colorado’s first restrictions on the use of gas-powered lawn equipment will impact the state and local governments but not private landscaping businesses, thought state regulators…
Colorado approves first-of-their-kind emissions intensity rules
Colorado air-quality regulators on Friday approved a nationally precedent-setting plan in which oil and gas companies must limit the amount of nitrous oxide emissions from…
Colorado legislator to introduce consumer electronics right-to-repair bill
After Colorado legislators approved laws the past two years giving wheelchair and agricultural-equipment users the right to repair their own equipment, they will consider extending…
Legislators join voices questioning proposed right-of-way fees
Colorado legislators from both sides of the aisle have joined telecommunications providers in questioning a proposed fee for those companies and local governments to run…