Bill to regulate work in “extreme temperatures” dies in House committee
Facing severe business backlash and bipartisan opposition, a pair of Colorado House Democrats on Thursday killed their bill to require a slew of new temperature-based…
Legislative Session
Business leaders played major role in bill that helped Colorado land Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder — a relocation made possible in no small part by a $34 million incentive bill that business…
Labor advocates seek to scrap workers’ compensation doctor-choice limits
Unions and labor advocates want to expand the number of doctors that injured workers can choose from for treatment — from the four they now…
Senate makes major concession before passing bill to ban “junk fees”
Colorado senators gave their final approval to a bill aimed at banning “junk fees” on services from meals to rental agreements Wednesday — but only…
Governor signs law aimed at preventing “trigger audits” of businesses
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed a law prohibiting third-party auditors from sharing information about companies that they learn while doing their work, but it…
Effort to speed wireless-infrastructure permitting could be undermined by Senate amendment
Critics of a bill that seeks to offer regulatory predictability to the wireless industry tacked on an amendment this week that undermines the intent of…
Bill to promote nuclear energy headed to Polis with bipartisan support
Gov. Jared Polis soon will have the opportunity to do something that, as recently as one year ago, would have seemed ludicrous — sign a…
Construction-defects reform decisively clears major hurdle
Given the choice between very different approaches to addressing construction-defects law, Colorado legislators on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed a bill to make it harder for condo…
Restaurants find success and roadblocks while seeking legislative help
Colorado restaurants that are begging state leaders for help during a time of mounting closures came away from two days of intense hearings this week…
Legislators debate costs and benefits of anti-obesity insurance mandate that will raise premiums significantly
Even as Colorado faces a $1 billion budget shortfall and bipartisanly declared affordability crisis, legislators are advancing an anti-obesity insurance mandate that will cost Medicaid…