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…
Housing
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 —…
2026 Colorado Legislative Preview: A tale of affordability, regulations and regulatory reform
For several years, Colorado legislators from both parties have vowed to tackle the state’s affordability crisis, only to butt heads over how to do that…
Vacancy taxes, real-estate transfer fees among new levies that local governments seek to assess
Local governments seeking additional revenue for housing and other priorities want to ask legislators next year to let them assess several new taxes and fees…
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…
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…