Colorado proposes changes to family-and-medical-leave insurance program
Now that leaders of Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program have had more than two-and-a-half years to observe how it works, they are seeking…
Regulatory Issues
New Polis executive order aims to speed up permitting for “strategic industries”
Saying that faster permitting and siting is needed for Colorado to stay competitive for national job expansions, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Thursday…
Colorado slips in yet another national ranking, though there are bright spots too
Fresh off its precipitous drop to the middle of the pack in one major ranking of state business atmospheres, Colorado learned this week that it…
Colorado seeks to limit commercial usage of gas-powered mowers, blowers
Hoping to ween commercial landscapers off emissions-producing gas-powered equipment, Colorado regulators will consider rules later this year to limit the percentage of companies’ mowers and…
Rulemaking clarifies emissions-reduction credit-trading rules for manufacturers
Colorado manufacturers that exceed emissions-reduction requirements can sell the value of those emissions cuts outside the state, and those who achieve cuts this year via…
Nuanced differences on business issues separate Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls
Both men seeking the Democratic nomination to be Colorado governor are emphasizing that the state’s next top elected official must do something to improve the…
Where Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial candidates stand on business issues
The race to be Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial nominee pits a state senator with decades of experience in government against a two-term state representative who’s tried…
Legislative primaries could determine whether business issues take top priority
It would vastly oversimplify the 23 legislative primary races set to be decided on June 30 by saying that the majority pit one candidate who…
Polis signs final bills from 2026 session, including several business-focused laws
Gov. Jared Polis completed his bill-signing and veto actions for the 2026 legislative session Thursday by inking 41 new laws, including measures to remove a…
Surveillance data, arbitration bills that worried business get axe from Polis
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday vetoed bills that would have banned the use of surveillance data in individualized price setting and reformed state law on…