Advancing ballot initiative seeks boost for road funding
For the first time in half a decade, Coloradans may engage in debate next year about what the state’s transportation funding priorities should be, as…
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Oct. 17 Colorado Inside Out: Tax issues and regulation
On the Oct. 17, 2025 episode of “Colorado Inside Out” on PBS 12, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Wednesday hearing ramps up discussion on ballot initiative to create progressive income-tax system
Though the 2026 election remains nearly 13 months away, debate is heating up around a proposed initiative that would replace Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax…
Colorado regulators approve new fees, streamlining for clean-water permit seekers
Colorado water-quality regulators agreed Tuesday to raise permitting fees by 13% to 14% in exchange for taking steps to speed up the process and reduce…
Oct. 13 Business Buzz: Residential recycling program
On the second of the two Oct. 13, 2025 9News Business Buzz episodes, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Oct. 13 Business Buzz: Indirect-source emissions
On the first of two Oct. 13, 2025 episodes of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president…
“Good-faith actor” now leading House GOP will have special business focus
Jarvis Caldwell has been a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, he’s been a realtor during a pandemic and he’s been both a staffer…
Air-quality group preparing “blueprint” of ideas to reduce emissions in multiple sectors
Regional Air Quality Council leaders will present a report to a key state regulatory board in November outlining a wide swath of strategies to reduce…
Is chemical recycling really recycling? Colorado to decide soon
As Colorado officials finalize long-awaited rules for a statewide recycling program, they are grappling with an issue that affects a small portion of packaging but…
Sept. 22 Business Buzz: Counties consider lodging-tax hikes
On the second Sept. 22 episode of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives…