Colorado House caucuses elect officers even as two races hang in the balance
Colorado House Democrats held fast to most of their current leadership slate in a caucus election held Monday, even as continued vote tabulations show that…
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Democrats choose collaborator as next Colorado Senate president
Senate Democrats on Friday chose James Coleman, an eight-year legislator who has sponsored numerous workforce-development bills and carries a reputation as a collaborator, to be…
Democrats set to hold supermajority in one Colorado legislative chamber, not the other
Colorado Senate Democrats appear unlikely to capture a supermajority in that chamber, even as House Democrats are on track to maintain that veto-proof status in…
Polis seeking to convert Pinnacol Assurance as part of budget plan
Gov. Jared Polis has resurrected the idea of converting Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer of last resort, into an independently operated mutual insurance…
Business leaders plead for changes in state’s new AI law
Developers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems are begging a legislative task force to amend definitions and an “untenable” appeals process in Colorado’s AI law…
Proposed state-law changes boost disability-discrimination lawsuits
A quartet of legislatively created committees has offered a wide range of suggestions to improve the lives of Coloradans with disabilities — including the revival…
Is end of Democratic House supermajority needed to restore balance to business debates?
While politicos are focused on eight or nine races to see if Democrats keep their Colorado House supermajority in the Nov. 5 election, maybe the…
Five key Colorado Senate races have major business implications
Democrats need to flip just one seat in the Nov. 5 election to ramp their control of the Colorado Senate up from a majority into…
Legislators have a business tax-break plan — and opposition to it
After considering several options to reduce the business-personal-property tax burden, Colorado legislators appear interested in backing a plan that would nix a rarely used tax…
Legislators favor lighter touch to regulating business audits contracted by cities
Given the options of taking an aggressive or conservative approach to combatting “trigger audits,” Colorado legislators appear to have chosen the latter. The Sales and…