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…
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Bills seek to make alcohol producers pay more for substance-abuse, mental-health treatment
Alcohol is big business in Colorado. Centennial State breweries are responsible for more than 61,000 jobs. Western Slope wineries help to drive tourism to the…
Hospitals win first healthcare battle of session, but providers and insurers gearing up for more
Colorado healthcare providers who remain under financial stress dodged what they called a bullet when a Senate committee rejected a bill Thursday to boost state…
Polis’ final State of the State: Broad calls, plus specifics on housing, workforce
Gov. Jared Polis offered his final State of the State Address Thursday, calling for legislators to make additional progress on clean energy, workforce development and…
First-day bills seek to expand price-gouging prohibitions, incentivize data centers
The 94 bills introduced on the first day of the 2026 legislative session include wide-ranging efforts to incentivize data centers, create an enterprise to boost…
On opening day, Democrat and Republican legislators call for affordability — with different paths to that goal
With affordability topping their priorities, Colorado House and Senate Democratic leaders further narrowed their focus to housing and healthcare costs in opening-day speeches Wednesday —…
Ballot initiative proposes to separate Pinnacol Assurance from state control — without using fees to balance budget
With legislators again dragging their feet on Gov. Jared Polis’ proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer and one of Colorado’s leading…
Already-skeptical legislators could derail Pinnacol disaffiliation by considering sale of company
As the latest plan to privatize Pinnacol Assurance again is engendering skepticism, it also is producing suggestions by legislators that could ground negotiations to halt…
Dec. 5 Colorado Inside Out: Highway safety, healthcare and more
Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, joins host Kyle Dyer on…
Proposed bill would require large Colorado employers to help fund Medicaid, SNAP
Large Colorado businesses with substantial numbers of part-time employees on public benefits would have to help fund Colorado’s Medicaid and SNAP programs under a bill…