Polis signs housing bill
Gov. Jared Polis made it official Tuesday that metropolitan districts, controversy or not, will continue to be a part of Colorado’s solution to building more…
Legislative Session
Two bills progressing to get workers to sectors that “need them now”
Even as Colorado legislators continue to have significant differences on how to deal with issues ranging from housing to health care, they are coalescing around…
Colorado Senate limits use of unemployment-tax revenues
Not content just to say they don’t want enforcement of proposed new labor laws funded with unemployment taxes, opponents of the idea convinced the Colorado…
Major Colorado universities seek exemption from POWR Act
A coalition of most of Colorado’s public colleges and universities has asked sponsors of a bill to redefine harassment in state law either to exempt…
Two bills are reviving the construction-defects fight at the Colorado Capitol
Colorado homebuilders and advocates for increased condominium construction are fighting a two-part battle at the Legislature over the resurrected issue of construction-defects reform — putting…
Colorado likely to make private-letter-ruling program permanent
For 17 years, businesses have been able to ask the Colorado Department of Revenue questions about interpretation of tax statutes and rules that result in…
Natural-gas pipeline safety bill could add costs, confusion
A bill that cleared its first Colorado legislative committee on Tuesday aims to increase the safety of natural-gas pipelines throughout the state — but could…
Colorado legislators choose path forward for metro districts
Given the choice between significant or lighter limits on metropolitan districts where most of the state’s new homes are being constructed, Colorado legislators have made…
Water-quality permitting fees could change more frequently
Businesses and governments required to pay water-quality permitting fees may see those fees rise more regularly and with fewer legislative requirements under a bill that…
Hospitals’ costs, spending under fire from Colorado Legislature
Colorado legislators are questioning how Colorado hospitals charge fees to patients and how they spend their money, putting health-care facilities in a defensive position this…