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…
Labor & Employment
With negotiations in flames, legislative Democrats push Labor Peace Act overhaul forward
Six months of discussions about overhauling Colorado’s Labor Peace Act broke down this weekend, leaving legislative Democrats to move ahead Monday with the long-delayed Senate…
Unions advance Labor Peace Act overhaul without proposed compromise
A bill to upend Colorado’s Labor Peace Act cleared another key legislative hurdle on Thursday — but only after a compromise proposal from a Democratic…
Unions introduce ballot measure to require employers prove “just cause” to fire workers
Colorado’s labor battles escalated significantly on Friday, as the state’s largest unions filed a ballot initiative that would require private-sector employers to prove just cause…
Business leaders win key votes on two environmental bills
Colorado legislators pushed backed against environmental activists in two ways Thursday, rejecting a bill to require extensive emissions reporting by large corporations and advancing a…
Industry leaders at first regional talent summit outline new career pathways
Business and educational leaders came together Tuesday to plot new career pathways in manufacturing, construction and health care for northern Colorado and the Eastern Plains…
Labor Peace Act overhaul passes Colorado Senate
A significant change to Colorado’s 82-year-old Labor Peace Act is now halfway to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk, as Senate Democrats approved it along party lines…
Despite concern over specific provisions, legislators advance wage-theft bill without changes
Sponsors of a bill to ramp up penalties for businesses committing wage theft promised to make changes to it Thursday but weren’t yet ready to…
Legislators will debate a very different wage-theft bill this year, but opposition remains
After Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a 2024 construction wage-theft-enforcement bill that he said could trip up law-abiding contractors, proponents are back with a follow-up that…
Labor Peace Act overhaul advances over business complaints
Senate Democrats used their first bill hearing of the 2025 legislative session Tuesday to advance a proposed major change to the state’s Labor Peace Act,…