Regulatory review bill heads to governor after another landslide passage
After a six-year period in which Colorado has seen a substantial increase in the number of regulations it imposes, a bill is on its way…
Articles by Ed Sealover
Legislators advancing bill to clean up plastics regulation Polis signed last month
Roughly one month after Gov. Jared Polis warned while signing a bill regulating disposal of plastic pellets that the new law already needed a critical…
April 27 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Non-attorneys owning law firms
Here’s a trend that you may not realize is happening: More law firms, in some pockets of the country, are becoming owned by non-attorney interests…
State leaders looking to improve workforce-development system
Business leaders who’ve cited a lack of skilled talent as one of the biggest impediments to growing in Colorado could soon get help from an…
Many changes are requested but few are made as PUC sunset bill gets first OK
Colorado legislators took the first step in reauthorizing and updating the increasingly powerful Public Utilities Commission on Thursday, but they’ll have to decide in the…
Bill to limit use of rat poison meets its legislative end
The sponsor of a bill to sought to make it harder for people to use common forms of rat poison killed her effort this week,…
Rewritten data-center incentive bill ready for first hearing; here are its details
After three months on ice, a significantly rewritten bill to offer incentives for data-center development — while ensuring environmental and ratepayer protections — will get…
New law offers grants to replace older commercial trucks with newer gas-burning vehicles
Owners of aging and highly polluting diesel commercial trucks soon will be able to get state grants to help them buy newer and less-polluting —…
Colorado board adopts precedent-setting emissions controls for toxic air contaminants
Manufacturing plants, petroleum refineries and any facilities using gas-fired turbines must begin reducing emissions of five priority toxic air contaminants by 2027 under newly approved…
April 20 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: The housing debate from a business lens
Once again, Gov. Jared Polis and his legislative allies, as well as the housing industry, are pushing a package of bills this session to boost…