Many changes are requested but few are made as PUC sunset bill gets first OK
Colorado legislators took the first step in reauthorizing and updating the increasingly powerful Public Utilities Commission on Thursday, but they’ll have to decide in the…
Legislative Session
Bill to limit use of rat poison meets its legislative end
The sponsor of a bill to sought to make it harder for people to use common forms of rat poison killed her effort this week,…
New law offers grants to replace older commercial trucks with newer gas-burning vehicles
Owners of aging and highly polluting diesel commercial trucks soon will be able to get state grants to help them buy newer and less-polluting —…
April 20 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: The housing debate from a business lens
Once again, Gov. Jared Polis and his legislative allies, as well as the housing industry, are pushing a package of bills this session to boost…
House tally on agricultural overtime change comes down to a single vote
Following two days of lengthy and emotional arguments, Colorado House members passed a bill requiring agricultural laborers to work more hours before getting overtime pay…
Legislators advancing two proposals to lower homeowners’ insurance costs
A Senate committee OK’d two bills aiming to get more hail-resistant roofs onto on Colorado homes Tuesday, arguing that both could provide pathways to slowing…
With groups sounding alarm, Senate passes regulatory-review bill unanimously
After a week in which Colorado’s receding business friendliness was laid bare, Colorado senators took what might be seen as a first step to reversing…
April 13 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: A package of major tax-break rollbacks
Colorado legislators have begun advancing a package of bills that could reduce tax breaks by a combined $746 million, largely to businesses. And on this…
Questions abound on proposal to slow the rise of homeowners’ insurance premiums
As the Senate Finance Committee considered a bill last May to put fees on homeowners’ insurance policies and create a grant fund for disaster mitigation,…
Colorado insurers barred from getting criminal restitution in most cases
Colorado insurers no longer will be able to receive criminal restitution payments unless they are direct victims of a crime, according to a new law…