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…
Legislative Session
Cabinet member to legislators: Hands off unemployment-tax revenues
A key member of Gov. Jared Polis’ cabinet sent a letter to Colorado legislators Wednesday expressing his “extreme opposition” to their use of unemployment taxes…
Polis rolls out far-reaching affordable-housing package
Gov. Jared Polis rolled out his long-awaited affordable-housing plan Wednesday — a sweeping proposal that seeks to end some cities’ ability to stop denser housing…
Bill to boost workers’ compensation benefits could be coming to Legislature
A bill that may be introduced in the coming weeks would eliminate the 107-year-old schedule that determines benefits for employees suffering partial permanent disabilities on…
Special committee considers several proposals to limit rising utility rates
Utility watchdog groups suggested proposals for cutting customer rates Monday that ranged from eliminating incentives for hooking new homes up to gas lines to requiring…
Legislators target pharmacy benefit managers in latest health-care regulatory bill
Gov. Jared Polis’ focus on bringing down pharmaceutical prices has spawned an effort to limit what pharmacy benefit managers can charge to business customers —…
ADA enforcement proposal could spur more lawsuits
Individuals with disabilities could file legal actions against businesses more easily and receive greater monetary awards under a legislative proposal that advocates say is long…
Legislators grill utility leaders over rising rates
A special legislative committee probing rising utility costs questioned several long-standing aspects of Colorado’s rate-setting model Tuesday, including whether for-profit utilities like Xcel Energy should…
Polis, legislators unveil workforce bill package
Seeking to alleviate the labor shortage that continues to plague multiple industries, Gov. Jared Polis and a bipartisan group of legislators announced Tuesday that they…
Unemployment taxes could fund new labor regulations
Colorado legislators are seeking to use a fund that is seeded by unemployment-tax payments from employers to pay for enforcement of several regulatory bills this…