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…
Legislative Session
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…
Polis OKs major change to workers’ compensation system — with a twist
Gov. Jared Polis signed a controversial bill Wednesday that largely will eliminate limitations on doctor choice for injured workers — and then immediately called for…
Polis signs tip credit bill — with a warning for local governments
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday allowing local governments with higher minimum wages to expand their tip credits — and warned that if they…
New legislatively created working group could impact operations of energy, agriculture companies
A legislatively created working group will begin meeting in the coming months to determine the future of some 4 million acres in state lands that…
Unions and business groups ramp up pressure on Polis to sign or veto bill to expand doctor choice for injured workers
With just one week left for him to sign or veto bills, Gov. Jared Polis is coming under heavy pressure from both business and labor…
Polis vetoes attempt to boost safety regulations on Uber, Lyft drivers
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed a bill that sought to ramp up driver safety regulations on rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, demonstrating in…
Polis signs several bills that businesses had fought
By inking new laws Thursday that make it easier for Coloradans with disabilities and with wage-theft claims to demand damages from businesses, Gov. Polis completed…
Polis vetoed the Labor Peace Act overhaul. Now what?
By the time Gov. Jared Polis vetoed the proposed overhaul of the Colorado Labor Peace Act on Friday afternoon, there was no question that was…
Three bills — and a gubernatorial mandate — could boost housing construction
If the 2024 session will be remembered as the one in which the Colorado Legislature pushed cities to allow for denser housing construction, the 2025…