April 6 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Dissecting a key workforce-development bill
As Colorado employers continue to rank a lack of skilled talent as one of their biggest obstacles to growing in this state, House Speaker Julie…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Once-vetoed social-media regulatory bills are becoming law. Here’s why.
Last year, proponents of a far-reaching bill to make social-media companies rein in crime on their sites rallied on the west steps of the Capitol,…
Hospitals win again, leading defeat of bill to limit medical debt collection
Less than a month after fending off a bill to boost state oversight of healthcare mergers and acquisitions, Colorado hospitals scored a second big legislative…
Business-backed bill to review regulations clears committee on unanimous vote
Colorado legislators across the ideological spectrum agreed Tuesday that the state needs to more thoroughly review the efficacy of its more than 200,000 regulations —…
Polis signs environmental regulation into law — and immediately asks for changes
Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Monday a bill that would prohibit companies from discharging plastic pellets into state waters and many landfills — and…
Employers, legislative leaders seeking change in business atmosphere with bill
Shortly after Steve Swinney and his partners founded Kodiak Building Partners in 2011, they acquired two local companies that they viewed as core to the…
March 30 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Another attempt at arbitration reform
Six years after Colorado legislators last attempted to pass arbitration reform, the subject is back up for debate at the General Assembly. And to frame…
Can new laws solve the housing crisis? Gov. Polis bets his signature on it.
Legislative efforts to increase Colorado’s housing supply, particularly workforce housing, are moving quickly during Gov. Jared Polis’ final year in office, with the governor signing…
Senate votes to ease agriculture overtime laws; battle now turns to House
Sponsors of a bill to raise the threshold for agriculture workers to receive overtime pay lowered that threshold slightly but otherwise held strong against an…
Legislators back bill to make large employers help fund Medicaid benefits
Staring down a $740 million budget shortfall, Colorado legislators are starting to think creatively about new ways to pay for high-cost programs like Medicaid. On…