Colorado mulling how to spend nearly $1 billion in broadband funding
Colorado is getting nearly $1 billion in broadband funding from the federal government — money that offers unprecedented opportunities to connect 99% of the state…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Ozone-air-quality committee begins discussing emissions-cutting ideas
An interim legislative committee began its investigation Friday into the range of factors contributing to ozone pollution, but much of the conversation and suggestions about…
Joint transportation committee won’t propose employee trip reduction bill
In both 2021 and 2022, public backlash quashed attempts by Colorado officials first to mandate that large employers reduce their workers’ single-occupancy-vehicle trips and then…
Polis issues executive order on affordable housing
Gov. Jared Polis kick-started the 2024 legislative discussion on affordable housing Monday by issuing an executive order that syncs a wide range of state grants…
Colorado congressional delegation offers housing, workforce proposals
As Colorado leaders begin discussions on how to address the state’s affordable-housing and workforce-shortage crises in the next legislative session, the state’s congressional delegation —…
Colorado adopts amended building performance standards
Colorado Air Quality Control Commission members on Thursday approved the state’s first building performance standards, setting requirements for large property owners to cut energy usage…
Colorado on verge of creating new energy-performance standards for large buildings
After enacting significant rules in recent years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy and transportation sectors, Colorado will take its first big stab…
Colorado board picks first five drugs for affordability reviews
Two years into existence, Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board on Friday selected its first five drugs to undergo an affordability review — including one…
Senate majority leader resigning, setting off tussle to replace him
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno is leaving the Legislature to become a high-ranking official in new Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, and his exit…
Colorado investing to try to improve one-stop sales-tax remittance portal
Colorado is spending millions of dollars to boost its underutilized one-stop sales-tax remittance portal, undertaking changes that will make it easier for businesses to use…