Oil and gas got a major gift from the 2024 legislative session — stability
As oil-and-gas industry leaders listened to a news conference on Feb. 22 introducing three far-reaching air-quality bills, things looked dim. While backers — some in…
Legislative Session
Coalition of business groups ask Polis to veto wage-theft bill
A dozen contractors and business organizations have mounted an effort to ask Gov. Jared Polis to veto a recently passed bill that would ramp up…
Polis signs bills limiting property and income taxes
Just eight days after legislators introduced a slowly cooked bill to reduce commercial and residential property tax assessments, Gov. Jared Polis quickly signed the bill…
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…
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…