Firms fear proposed CDOT fee imperils Colorado broadband expansion
Gov. Jared Polis’ goal to extend broadband to 99% of Coloradans is facing a potential hurdle — a proposed Colorado Department of Transportation fee that…
Regulatory Issues
Colorado companies must begin reporting toxic air contaminants within months
Some 2,000 facilities across Colorado soon must report the amount of 482 different toxic air contaminants that they emitted in 2023 — an arduous process…
Questions surround proposed FAMLI rules as program preps for January launch
Colorado officials are closing in on two key deadlines for their new Family and Medical Leave Insurance program and continuing to finalize rules for how…
Colorado Chamber unveils blueprint to boost state business ecosystem
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce unveiled a blueprint two years in the making on Wednesday that lays out a decade-long roadmap for improving the state’s…
Legislative ozone committee beginning to focus on regulatory upgrades
Members of an interim legislative committee studying ozone pollution are focusing more on the idea of increasing modeling and measurement of what are considered minor…
New manufacturing emissions limits take businesses’ concerns into account
After more than two days of strenuous debate, Colorado regulators late Friday approved a first-of-its-kind set of regulations to limit emissions from large manufacturers —…
Colorado to consider restricting sales, usage of gas-powered lawn equipment
Colorado air-quality regulators will turn their attention next to gas-powered lawn and garden equipment. The question is whether they will so far as to ban…
Colorado regulators considering rules for Equal Pay law update
Colorado regulators are working through several issues as they seek to implement an update to the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work law — issues…
Colorado to impose new emissions regulations on manufacturers
Colorado will take a major step in the next week toward cutting emissions from the state’s largest manufacturing facilities, but business leaders warn that the…
Chamber survey: Regulations have put economy on wrong track
Colorado’s economy has turned definitively onto the wrong track and is forcing businesses to consider expanding elsewhere — with growing state regulations cited as the…