Amendment adds twist to transportation-funding showdown
Negotiations over legislative bills typically happen behind closed doors. But thanks to an amendment added in the final days of the 2026 session to a…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Legislature passes bill to keep non-attorneys from funding Colorado law firms
Colorado law firms would be unable to enter into financial agreements with any business not owned by attorneys — including those owned by private equity…
AI bill heads to governor with bipartisan backing — and warning that more must be done
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, legislators dispatched to an eagerly waiting Gov. Jared Polis an artificial-intelligence regulatory bill that was years in the…
Sponsors kill two bills to roll back $450 million in business tax breaks
Colorado businesses will not be losing some $450 million in tax breaks that looked as good as gone one week ago, after the Senate Finance…
Death of second data-center bill ends all talk of incentives or safeguards
Environmentalists and technology industry leaders came into the 2026 legislative session with different goals on how to regulate or incentivize development of data centers in…
May 11 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: A late bill on transportation funding
As the 2026 regular legislative session speeds to its adjournment Wednesday, members of the Colorado General Assembly are grappling with a controversial late bill that…
Long-stalled workplace-safety bills advancing again in the Legislature
Two bills seeking to boost the state’s role in ensuring workplace safety have sprung back to life after being buried for months in the House…
Sponsors heed business and utilities’ pleas, make changes to PUC reauthorization bill
After a pair of contentious committee hearings in which business groups and utilities asked for several big changes to a proposal authorizing continuation of the…
Despite bill death, negotiations on potential data-center incentives continue
The sponsor of a bill to make Colorado competitive for data-center attraction by offering significant incentives reluctantly killed his proposal Thursday — but the possibility…
Amendments and delays jeopardize massive tax-break rollback package
A tax-break rollback package that was set to generate a half-billion dollars for a new Family Affordability Credit began taking cuts itself on Thursday —…