Once-controversial AI regulatory bill gets unanimous backing in first committee
Regulation of artificial intelligence — which has been one of the most divisive legislative subjects in recent years, producing several failed efforts at consensus in…
Legislative Session
Farming, financial workforces to get help from newly signed laws
The agricultural and accounting sectors are expected to get boosts from a pair of bills — one controversial and one passed without a single opposing…
House passes tax package to end $555 million in business tax breaks
Colorado House members approved a sprawling four-bill tax package Monday that will reduce business tax breaks by more than $550 million annually to fund a…
May 4 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Dissecting artificial-intelligence rules
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez introduced his heavily anticipated proposal to update artificial-intelligence regulations on Friday. And in today’s “Colorado Chamber Office Hours” episode,…
Regulatory review, AI rules discussed on May 1 “Colorado Inside Out”
Ed Sealover, vice president of strategic initiatives for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and editor of The Sum & Substance, appeared on the May 1…
Rodriguez introduces new AI bill, drawing kudos from business and consumer groups
With less than two weeks remaining in the 2026 legislative session, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez introduced one of the most anticipated bills of…
Colorado Senate passes Labor Peace Act overhaul, sends bill to governor
Following a debate that seemed almost muted compared to last year’s spirited slugfest, the Colorado Senate passed a bill Friday to overhaul the Labor Peace…
Bill seeks $40 million in fees from health insurers to fund subsidy programs
Colorado’s five largest health insurers would have to pay $40 million in new fees next year — fees that will be passed along to customers…
Data centers, rising utility bills change legislative conversation on emissions cuts
As Colorado leaders have pushed utilities to cut emissions for years, they’ve done so with an underlying assumption that energy demand would remain flat. But…
Unusual partners team up on bill to clip private-equity funding of law firms
Five years after Arizona first permitted non-lawyers to hold decision-making power in or to own law firms, such alternative business structures are seeping into states…