Democrat, GOP special-session proposals are worlds apart
When Republicans and Democrats gather at 9 a.m. today for a special session focused on property-tax relief, they will present proposals that have wide gaps…
Legislative Session
Legislators going into special session to consider property-tax breaks
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced that the Colorado Legislature will go into special session next week to try to craft an alternative property-tax-break plan…
Colorado Senate announces changes to key committees
Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez announced changes Tuesday to committee structures and memberships that had been anticipated since his election to the position two…
Polis budget proposal includes investments in workforce development
Gov. Jared Polis proposed roughly $60 million in new workforce incentives Wednesday as part of his budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year, aimed particularly…
Interim committee approves bill to quadruple short-term-rental tax rates
Colorado legislators will consider a bill in 2024 that would require owners of short-term rental properties to pay the same property-tax rates as hotel operators,…
Construction-defects reform efforts will return in 2024
Six years after construction-defects reform advocates passed a bill and won a key legal ruling that they believed would restart the state’s dormant condominium-building market,…
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…
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…