Business groups seek vetoes on handful of recently passed bills
Despite the business sector killing or paring down many of the proposals it most opposed during the 2023 legislative session, several groups still are asking…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Polis signs bills committing $70M to workforce development
With employers across Colorado facing continued shortages of talented workers, Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a pair of bills that industry leaders…
Green energy law offers new business tax credits while cutting ad-valorem credits
Colorado’s twin pushes for greater adoption of renewable energy and faster reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions now feature a bevy of new incentives, though those come…
After changes, businesses and legislators laud bills that could affect utility rates
At the end of a legislative session uniquely focused on utility companies and their operations, legislators and the state’s two investor-owned utilities may have hit…
Despite push, bills regulating emerging energy sectors still have too many guardrails, industry leaders say
Colorado legislators passed a swath of bills at the end of the 2023 legislative session to set up regulatory frameworks for emerging energy sectors, but…
The impact of the 2023 legislative session on business? Better than expected
When Democrats swept the November elections and claimed their largest majorities in legislative history — after more than a few campaigned for new environmental and…
Property-tax relief plan seeking to limit TABOR refunds gets OK for November ballot
Colorado business and residential property owners will have a choice on the November ballot to reduce property-tax assessments in a way that could save them…
Governor’s housing bill dies over insurmountable gulf on local control
An ambitious bill to reform Colorado land-use codes to spur construction of more housing along key corridors and throughout cities died on the final day…
Bill to study single-payer health-care system dies in Senate
Colorado legislators quietly killed a bill Sunday to study implementation of a single-payer health-care system, letting it die on the Senate calendar rather than give…
Business leaders breathing easier about air-quality permitting bill
An air-quality permitting reform bill originally criticized as a “backdoor ban on oil and gas” underwent a third major set of revisions during a rare…