First-day bills seek to expand price-gouging prohibitions, incentivize data centers
The 94 bills introduced on the first day of the 2026 legislative session include wide-ranging efforts to incentivize data centers, create an enterprise to boost…
Regulatory Issues
On opening day, Democrat and Republican legislators call for affordability — with different paths to that goal
With affordability topping their priorities, Colorado House and Senate Democratic leaders further narrowed their focus to housing and healthcare costs in opening-day speeches Wednesday —…
Jan. 9 Colorado Inside Out: Legislative preview, minimum-wage laws
Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, joined the PBS 12 program…
2026 Colorado Legislative Preview: A tale of affordability, regulations and regulatory reform
For several years, Colorado legislators from both parties have vowed to tackle the state’s affordability crisis, only to butt heads over how to do that…
Jan. 5 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours” with Senate President James Coleman
In the first episode of the new Colorado Chamber of Commerce podcast, “Colorado Chamber Office Hours,” host Ed Sealover discussed the upcoming legislative session with…
Several changes coming to Colorado family medical leave program in 2026
Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program will take on two smaller but still consequential changes in 2026 —one less than was expected as recently…
Colorado manufacturers are slashing emissions, eliminating the need for a fund to help with compliance
In 2023, as Colorado regulators developed the nation’s first emissions-reduction rules for manufacturers, business leaders argued compliance could come only with options that included a…
Landfills become latest Colorado sector hit with emissions-reduction regulations
After delaying a vote on proposed landfill methane regulations by four months, a Colorado board has OK’d a compromise plan that will require more operators…
Commission sets hearing date to establish first-ever controls on priority toxic air contaminants
Colorado regulators voted Thursday to proceed with setting new emissions-control rules for priority toxic air contaminants but stopped short of linking them to permit requirements…
Colorado approves first-in-nation rules to limit development near streams and wetlands
Colorado this week became the first state to create a permitting program to protect state waters after a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision reined it…