Legislators going into special session to consider property-tax breaks
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced that the Colorado Legislature will go into special session next week to try to craft an alternative property-tax-break plan…
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Colorado Senate announces changes to key committees
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez announced changes Tuesday to committee structures and memberships that had been anticipated since his election to the position two…
Colorado companies must begin reporting toxic air contaminants within months
Some 2,000 facilities across Colorado soon must report the amount of 482 different toxic air contaminants that they emitted in 2023 — an arduous process…
Polis budget proposal includes investments in workforce development
Gov. Jared Polis proposed roughly $60 million in new workforce incentives Wednesday as part of his budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year, aimed particularly…
Interim committee approves bill to quadruple short-term-rental tax rates
Colorado legislators will consider a bill in 2024 that would require owners of short-term rental properties to pay the same property-tax rates as hotel operators,…
Questions surround proposed FAMLI rules as program preps for January launch
Colorado officials are closing in on two key deadlines for their new Family and Medical Leave Insurance program and continuing to finalize rules for how…
Construction-defects reform efforts will return in 2024
Six years after construction-defects reform advocates passed a bill and won a key legal ruling that they believed would restart the state’s dormant condominium-building market,…
Local chamber leaders offer solutions to housing crisis
Discussions about the next major affordable-housing proposal are heating up around the Colorado Capitol, and ideas about everything from overhauls of local control to construction-defects…
Colorado Chamber unveils blueprint to boost state business ecosystem
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce unveiled a blueprint two years in the making on Wednesday that lays out a decade-long roadmap for improving the state’s…
Legislative ozone committee beginning to focus on regulatory upgrades
Members of an interim legislative committee studying ozone pollution are focusing more on the idea of increasing modeling and measurement of what are considered minor…