EPA: No waiver coming on reformulated gas mandate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected Gov. Jared Polis’ last-ditch request to waive the mandate for reformulated gas sales along the Northern Front Range…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Legislators decide right-of-way access will come at annual cost to telecom firms
The Colorado Department of Transportation will be able to charge both initial and annual fees to telecommunications firms laying broadband fiber in highway right-of-way areas,…
Legislature gives final approval to digital electronics right-to-repair bill
Colorado legislators on Tuesday sent to Gov. Jared Polis a slightly tightened bill that will add to the state’s growing right-to-repair law the ability for…
Agreement axes air-quality bills, ballot measures for new drilling fee, other regulations
Oil and gas companies, environmental groups and Gov. Jared Polis announced an agreement Monday that will jettison the most industry-opposed portions of three air-quality bills…
Medicaid, many private insurers could soon be forced to cover new anti-obesity drugs
Colorado senators are poised to pass a mandate for state-regulated public and private insurance plans to cover new anti-obesity drugs that could cost the state…
Wage-theft bill hangs in balance in Colorado Senate
Colorado legislators have 10 days left to decide whether to seek to add financial liability to construction-industry general contractors in order to deter wage theft…
In shift, appointed commission proposes cap on property-tax revenue increases
Faced with the increasing likelihood of having to contend with a tax-revenue cap initiative on the November ballot, the appointed Commission on Property Tax pivoted…
Legislators find consensus on “orphan drugs,” even as prescription-drug board faces lawsuit
Supporters and critics of a Colorado board’s decision to consider price caps on life-sustaining drugs for patients with rare diseases have reached a détente after…
Polis seeks EPA waiver for gas mandate that he says would hurt economy and environment
Gov. Jared Polis has submitted a last-ditch waiver request to try to prevent northern Front Range gas stations from having to sell reformulated gas this…
Legislators give first nod to precedent-setting artificial intelligence regulation bill
Colorado took a step Wednesday toward becoming the first state to create standards for development and use of artificial intelligence, as a Senate committee advanced…