Colorado Legislature on verge of approving another pharmacy benefit manager reform
Colorado legislators appear poised to pass a pharmacy-benefit-manager reform bill that would require PBMs to be paid by flat fee rather than via the percentage…
Legislative Session
Colorado is losing assisted-living beds, and industry leaders blame regulations
Colorado has the second-fastest-aging population in America, and those between 65 and 74 years old are its fastest-growing demographic. Despite that, the number of assisted-living…
Here are the major business bills still hanging in the legislative balance
As of today, there is only one week left in Colorado’s 2025 legislative session. That’s the good news. The number of bills important to the…
Senate passes workers’ compensation overhaul, setting up veto battle
The Colorado Senate on Wednesday approved of a massive change in how injured employees can choose the doctors who will provide their workers’ compensation care,…
Gov. Polis stared down legislators that sought social-media regulation. Polis won.
During an April 14 news conference urging Gov. Jared Polis to sign a bill seeking to impose new child-safety protections on social-media companies, Chelsea Congdon…
Following changes, regulatory-reform bill getting across-the-board support
Five days ago, opponents of a bill to boost oversight of two key Colorado regulatory departments called it unfair to state workers and accused backers…
After asking Legislature for heaping of help, restaurants receive only crumbs
Colorado restaurants’ two-part strategy to reduce cost pressures during a period of significant eatery closings fully collapsed this week after a Senate committee killed a…
Bipartisan alternative emerges to bill seeking to cap hospitals’ reimbursements
With a controversial bill to cap insurance payments to hospitals idling in the House without a reliable path to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk, hospitals are…
Legislators fix bill to help commercial buildings meet emissions-cut mandates
Months of negotiations have resulted in what business leaders called a mutually beneficial agreement with state regulators on how to proceed with commercial-building decarbonization efforts…
Bipartisan bill to require audits of Colorado regulators gets labor, enviro pushback
Signs of overregulation are rampant for Colorado businesses, from the 459 days it takes to get an air-quality permit to the 43 major energy-related rulemakings…