Local chamber leaders offer solutions to housing crisis
Discussions about the next major affordable-housing proposal are heating up around the Colorado Capitol, and ideas about everything from overhauls of local control to construction-defects…
Legislative Session
In sometimes-raucous meeting, Colorado Senate Democrats select new leaders
In a tense meeting that featured both surprises and an accusation of intraparty backroom dealing, Colorado Senate Democrats on Friday chose Sen. Robert Rodriguez of…
Ozone-air-quality committee begins discussing emissions-cutting ideas
An interim legislative committee began its investigation Friday into the range of factors contributing to ozone pollution, but much of the conversation and suggestions about…
Joint transportation committee won’t propose employee trip reduction bill
In both 2021 and 2022, public backlash quashed attempts by Colorado officials first to mandate that large employers reduce their workers’ single-occupancy-vehicle trips and then…
Polis issues executive order on affordable housing
Gov. Jared Polis kick-started the 2024 legislative discussion on affordable housing Monday by issuing an executive order that syncs a wide range of state grants…
Senate majority leader resigning, setting off tussle to replace him
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno is leaving the Legislature to become a high-ranking official in new Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, and his exit…
Colorado investing to try to improve one-stop sales-tax remittance portal
Colorado is spending millions of dollars to boost its underutilized one-stop sales-tax remittance portal, undertaking changes that will make it easier for businesses to use…
Next up for oil and gas companies: Reduction of fresh water in their operations
Colorado oil and gas companies, already charged with cutting their pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, soon will enter another new conservation discussion — this one…
Could a little-noticed property-tax bill have a big impact on commercial property assessments?
Coloradans will spend the next five months discussing the tax implications of Senate Bill 303. But an under-the-radar law that served largely as a companion…
Could a long-sought tax credit boost Colorado’s struggling film industry?
Colorado’s struggling film industry received a boost from Gov. Jared Polis this week that it’s sought for several years — but it’s a leg-up that…