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…
Legislative Session
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…
Polis signs expansion of Colorado’s right-to-repair law
Colorado will become the first state in the U.S. to give owners of tractors and other agricultural equipment the ability to fix the products they…
Changes to POWR Act soften business groups’ fight against the bill
When the House Judiciary Committee conducts that chamber’s first hearing Tuesday on a bill to redefine harassment in state law, business groups won’t be rallying…
Bill would require Colorado employers grant paid sick leave for more reasons
Colorado employers would have to allow workers to use paid sick leave for more reasons other than personal illness under a bill that is on…
Air-quality permitting bill undergoes changes, still drives concern
Sponsors bumped significant portions of a bill that sought to ramp up air-quality permitting requirements down to a study on Thursday, though provisions that would…
Two bills revive battle over Colorado unemployment-fund solvency
Once again, Colorado’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund is the subject of major debate. After a month of discussions around the potential use of unemployment-tax revenue…
Bill seeks to rein in utility rates by limiting several current practices
After more than a month of hearings and discussions about rising utility rates, legislative Democrats introduced a bill to require greater justification for future rate…
Affordable-housing package advances, but with a major concession
Gov. Jared Polis’ package of bills seeking to ease Colorado’s affordable-housing crisis by ramping up new construction has passed its first key tests — albeit…
Health-care bills look to expand programs that aren’t fully implemented
During Gov. Jared Polis’ first term, Colorado legislators passed significant health-care reform in areas ranging from prescription-drug pricing to lower-cost insurance offerings. Now, in the…