Here’s what Polis’ affordable-housing package, now in law, does
Gov. Jared Polis today signed the last two pieces of legislation in his four-bill affordable-housing package, finalizing an incentive-laden effort one year after a proposal…
Legislative Session
Should Colorado establish national precedent in setting rules for artificial intelligence?
Gov. Jared Polis, a longtime supporter of disruptive industries and technologies, must decide in the coming weeks whether Colorado wants to go it alone and…
Legislators put brakes on most proposed new railroad regulations before passing bill
Colorado senators gutted most provisions of a wide-ranging railroad-safety bill before giving it final approval this week, choosing to create a new Office of Railroad…
Businesses expected the worst in 2024. They got “the most successful session in years.”
At the start of the 2024 legislative session, Colorado business leaders cringed at the thought of frustrated progressives not just bringing back bills that were…
Property-tax break crosses finish line as 2024 legislative session adjourns
A bill to offer a $1.3 billion property-tax cut completed a whirlwind ride through the Legislature on the final day of the 2024 session Wednesday,…
On session’s final day, Legislature passes modified right-of-first-refusal bill
One year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to give local governments a right of first refusal on many apartment complexes going up for…
Four business-opposed bills, including single-payer health study, die on Tuesday
Colorado legislators allowed the clock to run out on four bills Tuesday that critics warned would raise the already high cost of living, including another…
Legislators give two late-session legal wins to business groups
Colorado businesses are getting two legal wins at the end of the 2024 legislative session. The Senate on Tuesday approved a negotiated deal on lawsuit…
Bill to upend emissions rulemakings dies quietly in Legislature
A bill that sought to unwind concessions granted to businesses at two key Colorado Air Quality Control Commission rulemakings last year is dead after it…
A water fight no more: Competing permitting bills mesh into consensus legislation
Colorado legislators sent to Gov. Jared Polis on Monday a bill to create a new dredge-and-fill permitting program that fused together parts of separate water…