Changes restore most original provisions to land-use reform bill
Less than one week after a Senate committee gutted a bill to create statewide standards that would allow more development of urban housing, a House…
Legislative Session
Legislators nix idea of boosting unemployment benefits
Colorado legislators will not be dipping into the state’s still-insolvent Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to create new payments for children of unemployment-benefit recipients, after a…
Polis, Democrats propose plan to limit property-tax bill increases
With businesses and homeowners facing huge property-value assessment hikes this year, Gov. Jared Polis announced a plan Monday to cap property-tax collections, cut assessment rates…
A long-stalled bill no longer impacts the issue of construction-defects reform
A Senate committee on Monday stripped a key provision from a significantly debated bill that homebuilders and business groups warned could have launched a new…
Bill could limit Colorado employers from asking about job applicants’ ages
Employers will have to remove questions from job applications about prospective workers’ ages and dates of schooling if Gov. Jared Polis signs into law a…
Air-pollution bill pared back a second time, but major opposition remains
A bill aimed at cutting air pollution, pared down once already to make it through a key committee, went through a second round of significant…
Workers’ compensation reform bill not coming in 2023 legislative session
A long-circulated bill that sought major changes to how workers’ compensation benefits are calculated for those suffering permanent partial disabilities on the job will not…
Committee eviscerates land-use reform bill
Gov. Jared Polis’ grand plan to boost Colorado’s housing stock by removing local construction obstacles got a major makeover Wednesday that essentially bumped the once…
Bill to limit utility rates undergoes changes as it passes Colorado Senate
Colorado senators on Wednesday approved a bill to increase regulation around utility spending that received a handful of changes that power providers called helpful but…
Senate committee kills controversial housing bill
A Colorado Senate committee on Tuesday night killed what arguably was the most controversial bill among this year’s sprawling array of housing measures — a…