After debate on “corporate greed” versus “overregulation,” legislators advance bill to regulate price-gouging
After a hearing that put into clear view the wildly contrasting ideas on why the prices of consumer goods are so high, a House committee…
Regulatory Issues
Is a 10% consumer-goods price hike gouging? A Colorado bill would define it so.
Five years after Colorado banned price-gouging on certain items during declared emergencies — and ran into no business opposition in doing so — legislators will…
Task force on disability rights recommends major changes to Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act
Following three months of deliberations, a task force studying the rights of Coloradans with disabilities has softened some recommendations to boost awards in antidiscrimination lawsuits…
Colorado officials identify five air toxic contaminants for additional regulation
Colorado officials took the first steps Friday in adding new control measures around five priority toxic air contaminants produced by sources ranging from oil-and-gas drilling…
Senate Republicans offer regulatory-rollback package aimed at cutting specific fees, rules
Just days after Gov. Jared Polis called for legislators to pass regulatory reform, Colorado Senate Republicans offered the first package to that effect on Tuesday,…
Legislative session opens with calls to address affordability crisis
Leaders of all four of Colorado’s legislative caucuses called for new laws that will help to bring down the cost of living during Wednesday’s opening…
Colorado regulators seeking steep increases in permitting fees for air pollutants
Colorado regulators want to raise fees by as much as 67% on air-pollutant emissions and the permits that are required for them — a price…
2025 Colorado Legislative Preview: An enormous amount for business to watch
In terms of resets, Colorado’s November legislative election results were negligible compared to what happened nationally. Republicans flipped three districts in the 65-member state House…
Commission approves “extremely aggressive” emissions cuts for midstream sector
Colorado air-quality regulators on Friday approved the state’s first emissions-reduction rules for the midstream sector of the oil-and-gas industry — rules that officials acknowledged will…
Colorado regulators change final rules on carbon-storage projects in way that could boost sector
One week after they appeared to deal a serious blow to Colorado’s ability to attract carbon-storage projects, state regulators Monday reversed course, saying the state…