In shift, appointed commission proposes cap on property-tax revenue increases
Faced with the increasing likelihood of having to contend with a tax-revenue cap initiative on the November ballot, the appointed Commission on Property Tax pivoted…
Legislative Session
Legislators find consensus on “orphan drugs,” even as prescription-drug board faces lawsuit
Supporters and critics of a Colorado board’s decision to consider price caps on life-sustaining drugs for patients with rare diseases have reached a détente after…
Legislators give first nod to precedent-setting artificial intelligence regulation bill
Colorado took a step Wednesday toward becoming the first state to create standards for development and use of artificial intelligence, as a Senate committee advanced…
Details of property-tax cut proposal revealed
Commercial properties would receive gradually increasing tax breaks over the next eight years, homeowners would get breaks based on property values and the Legislature would…
Single-payer, take two: House again approves study
For the second year in a row, Colorado House members on Monday passed a bill to study what it would take to create a single-payer…
A battle over Colorado railroad regulations is about safety, costs
A storied part of Colorado’s history, railroads continue to serve as key infrastructure for its present too, hauling durable goods, consumer items and oil and…
Committee kills health-care bill when even sponsors won’t defend it
A one-time bill to boost access to primary-care doctors that morphed significantly as it moved through the Colorado House died this week after its Senate…
Legislators criticize state agencies as they look to upend recent environmental rulemakings
Three years after passing the Environmental Justice Act to target polluters throughout Colorado, environmentally focused legislative Democrats returned Thursday with an ideologically similar bill that…
Wide-ranging ban on “junk fees” dies — at least for 2024 session
A Colorado bill to ban “junk fees” is headed to the legislative trash heap after backers and tech industry leaders could not agree on several…
Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers overwhelming defeat
A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing Tuesday, even…