Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
While state broadband officials ready their action plan to expand fiber to 99% of Colorado, a dispute over the amount of fees that telecommunications companies…
Legislative Session
Packaging producers could pay more than $300M to launch statewide recycling system
The long-anticipated price tag for Colorado to establish a statewide recycling system is in — as much as $310 million to implement a recommended “medium”…
Proposal expands list of products made with “forever chemicals” that would be banned
Colorado legislators began advancing a bill Tuesday that bans the use of “forever chemicals” in an increasing amount of consumer products — but also began…
Four long-term property tax fixes rising to top of special commission’s discussions
Rather than capping property-tax increases, a legislatively appointed commission is looking at making it less painful for state residents to pay property taxes through several…
First air-quality regulatory boost clears initial legislative committee
A Colorado House committee advanced the first bill out of a set of significant air-quality proposals Thursday — a measure that that would ramp up…
Polis unveils wide-ranging workforce-development package
Following through on a commitment he’s touted for months to put significant new resources into improving Colorado’s workforce-development system, Gov. Jared Polis and a bipartisan…
Transit-focused affordable-housing proposal gets first legislative approval
Colorado legislators advanced the centerpiece bill in Gov. Jared Polis’ affordable-housing package Wednesday — a proposal that aims to increase multifamily-housing construction around transit corridors…
Legislators weigh more childcare grants as a form of workforce development
If the connection between childcare and workforce availability was not already evident, it became abundantly clear early in the pandemic when women left the workforce…
Polis’ affordable-housing package gets big test beginning this week
Since the May 8 collapse of his first land-use reform bill to spur more housing construction, Gov. Jared Polis has plotted a successor plan involving…
Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject…