Special session could bring big changes to insurers’ taxes
Colorado legislators who tried unsuccessfully during the regular session to raise the bar for insurers to receive a substantial tax reduction related to their workforce…
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Legislators looking again at raising health-insurance fees
In an effort to try and stop a massive exodus of individuals from the private insurance market, Colorado legislators are looking again at raising fees…
Does new law boost consumer protection or turn Colorado into “sippy-cup state”?
Any company selling Colorado consumers online goods and services via subscriptions or ongoing agreements must offer them an electronic way to cancel automatic-renewal contracts just…
Polis calls special session; here is what legislators will debate
Colorado legislators will be returning to the state Capitol on Aug. 21 for a special session to patch a massive hole in the state budget,…
Officials: Federal tax changes create $955 million state budget shortfall
Colorado’s budget now stands $955 million short of being able to cover expenses that legislators approved for this fiscal year — a hole created by…
Hotel, tourism industries watching for potential lodging-tax increases
As tourism-dependent Colorado communities face headwinds from economic uncertainty and federal trade policies, they also face a choice: Whether to ask voters to raise lodging…
Colorado special session appears imminent following passage of federal spending bill
Passage Thursday of the budget-cutting “One Big Beautiful Bill” essentially mandates that the Legislature will return to the Capitol for a special session this summer…
As healthcare leaders watch federal budget, they reflect on a surprisingly helpful 2025 legislative session
As Colorado’s healthcare sector watches the federal budgeting process nervously to see what level of changes it could bring to local providers, the situation isreminiscent…
Senate Minority Leader Lundeen resigns to head national group
Colorado Senate Republicans will have a new standard-bearer next legislative session after Minority Leader Paul Lundeen resigned Monday to take a job heading a national…
Polis offers some regulatory reform in final bill signings
Nestled among the final bills from the 2025 legislative session that Gov. Jared Polis signed into law over the past week were several regulatory reform…