After debate on “corporate greed” versus “overregulation,” legislators advance bill to regulate price-gouging
After a hearing that put into clear view the wildly contrasting ideas on why the prices of consumer goods are so high, a House committee…
Legislative Session
Polis administration proposes cap on some insurance payments to hospitals
Gov. Jared Polis’ office and a group of Democratic legislators want to cap the prices that hospitals can charge Coloradans insured by the state or…
Is a 10% consumer-goods price hike gouging? A Colorado bill would define it so.
Five years after Colorado banned price-gouging on certain items during declared emergencies — and ran into no business opposition in doing so — legislators will…
Supporters of single-payer health care hope third time is charm for advancing study bill
For the third year in a row, Colorado Democratic legislators have begun to advance a bill to study the impact of implementing a single-payer health-care…
Despite concern over specific provisions, legislators advance wage-theft bill without changes
Sponsors of a bill to ramp up penalties for businesses committing wage theft promised to make changes to it Thursday but weren’t yet ready to…
Incentives to attract Sundance Film Festival win bipartisan legislative applause
Colorado’s film-incentive program has generated division among legislators since its inception. The state’s effort to attract the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder, however, is getting…
Legislative health-care debates commence this week with insurance bills
Several health-care bills — including two scheduled for their first hearings this week — are set to reignite the debate this legislative session on whether…
Legislators will debate a very different wage-theft bill this year, but opposition remains
After Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a 2024 construction wage-theft-enforcement bill that he said could trip up law-abiding contractors, proponents are back with a follow-up that…
Task force on disability rights recommends major changes to Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act
Following three months of deliberations, a task force studying the rights of Coloradans with disabilities has softened some recommendations to boost awards in antidiscrimination lawsuits…
Insurance enterprise shortfall could spur calls for premium fee hike
A Colorado enterprise that offers free health insurance to undocumented immigrants and helps fund the state’s reinsurance program is likely to be short of revenue…