Nov. 10 Business Buzz: Affordable housing ideas
On the first of two 9News Business Buzz episodes that aired on Nov. 10, 2025, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice…
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Affordable housing solutions? Builders, employers offer ideas
As Colorado elected officials continue to debate how to slow the rise in housing costs, local leaders and employers across the state are working on…
Sept. 8 Business Buzz: Slowing rising homeowners insurance costs
On the second Sept. 8 episode of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives…
Colorado taking steps to try to limit increases in homeowners insurance
Colorado’s housing affordability crisis, which has made recruitment and retention more difficult for employers statewide, is not just an issue of home costs but of…
Colorado board approves energy-efficient building codes that favor electric heating over gas-powered appliances
Colorado officials approved building codes Friday for new residential and commercial structures that demand more energy efficiency and do so in specific ways that favor…
Board will consider sweeping — and potentially costly — homebuilding mandates
An Energy Code Board set up by a 2022 law will vote next week on recommendations that could require future homes to be built to…
Three bills — and a gubernatorial mandate — could boost housing construction
If the 2024 session will be remembered as the one in which the Colorado Legislature pushed cities to allow for denser housing construction, the 2025…
2025 legislative review: Business wins, a few losses and more battles to come
The 2025 legislative session was one where business leaders engaged early — rallying against the first bill to get a Senate committee hearing — and…
Big decisions on workers’ comp and construction-lawsuits bills mark session’s last day
Colorado legislators closed the 2025 session with a flurry of activity Wednesday, killing a measure that could have interfered with construction-defects reform, passing several health-care…
Architects, engineers: Legislators advancing bill that could cancel out construction-defects reform
Even as legislators are advancing construction-defects reform, a subset of construction professionals point to another bill moving quietly through the Legislature and argue it could…