Legislative session opens with calls to address affordability crisis
Leaders of all four of Colorado’s legislative caucuses called for new laws that will help to bring down the cost of living during Wednesday’s opening…
Legislative Session
2025 Colorado Legislative Preview: An enormous amount for business to watch
In terms of resets, Colorado’s November legislative election results were negligible compared to what happened nationally. Republicans flipped three districts in the 65-member state House…
Several notable changes highlight new makeup of legislative committees
Colorado House and Senate leaders have announced the makeup of committees in preparation for Wednesday’s commencement of the 2025 legislative session, making some key panels…
Colorado to consider state rules on massive federal 340B drug-pricing program
Many employers know little about the $66 billion 340B federal drug-pricing program and its impact on them. But that likely will change in 2025, when…
Republicans end Dems’ House supermajority as legislative dominos fall in Senate
The makeup of Colorado’s Legislature is beginning to look a bit different than it appeared it would look when election night wrapped up one month…
Budget cuts could shrink funding for highways
Colorado’s ability to build and fix the highways that are key to transporting goods and people could take a $110 million hit in the next…
Democrats want to nix Labor Peace Act provision in order to boost Colorado unions
A group of Democratic legislators hopes to upend Colorado’s 81-year-old Labor Peace Act governing workforce unionization, saying Tuesday that they will introduce a bill to…
Polis: Pinnacol conversion plan is as much about aiding company as it is about balancing budget
Gov. Jared Polis’ pitch to convert Pinnacol Assurance into an independent company is being driven not just by money it could generate for the state…
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…
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…