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…
Legislative Session
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…
Negotiations defuse concerns about workers’ compensation bill
An expected high-profile legislative debate over expansion of workers’ compensation benefits has ended even before it started, as business groups and workers’ comp attorneys agreed…
Wide spectrum of businesses likely to be impacted by proposed Colorado “junk fees” ban
Hotels, restaurants, event promoters and other businesses may soon have to disclose all mandatory fees in the price they advertise for products from rooms to…
Bill would reverse major business concessions in new manufacturing emissions rules
A trio of Democratic legislators has introduced a bill that would overturn many of the major concessions that business leaders won in a rulemaking process…
Two recent votes could impact future of Colorado’s prescription-drug pricing board
Colorado’s three-year-old Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board is reaching a major crossroads, as it is embarking on its first effort to set an upper payment…