Workers’ compensation reform bill not coming in 2023 legislative session
A long-circulated bill that sought major changes to how workers’ compensation benefits are calculated for those suffering permanent partial disabilities on the job will not…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Committee eviscerates land-use reform bill
Gov. Jared Polis’ grand plan to boost Colorado’s housing stock by removing local construction obstacles got a major makeover Wednesday that essentially bumped the once…
Bill to limit utility rates undergoes changes as it passes Colorado Senate
Colorado senators on Wednesday approved a bill to increase regulation around utility spending that received a handful of changes that power providers called helpful but…
Senate committee kills controversial housing bill
A Colorado Senate committee on Tuesday night killed what arguably was the most controversial bill among this year’s sprawling array of housing measures — a…
Polis signs expansion of Colorado’s right-to-repair law
Colorado will become the first state in the U.S. to give owners of tractors and other agricultural equipment the ability to fix the products they…
Changes to POWR Act soften business groups’ fight against the bill
When the House Judiciary Committee conducts that chamber’s first hearing Tuesday on a bill to redefine harassment in state law, business groups won’t be rallying…
Bill would require Colorado employers grant paid sick leave for more reasons
Colorado employers would have to allow workers to use paid sick leave for more reasons other than personal illness under a bill that is on…
Air-quality permitting bill undergoes changes, still drives concern
Sponsors bumped significant portions of a bill that sought to ramp up air-quality permitting requirements down to a study on Thursday, though provisions that would…
Two bills revive battle over Colorado unemployment-fund solvency
Once again, Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund is the subject of major debate. After a month of discussions around the potential use of unemployment-tax revenue…
Bill seeks to rein in utility rates by limiting several current practices
After more than a month of hearings and discussions about rising utility rates, legislative Democrats introduced a bill to require greater justification for future rate…