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…
Regulatory Issues
Business gets mixed results as Colorado updates ozone reduction plan
Seeing no pathway to reach compliance with federal ozone standards by 2027, Colorado regulators voluntarily downgraded the state’s status with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Colorado set to revise ozone-reduction plan with more regulations
State regulators are looking to voluntarily downgrade Colorado’s noncompliance status with federal ozone standards from serious to severe throughout the northern Front Range — a…
Affordable housing solutions? Builders, employers offer ideas
As Colorado elected officials continue to debate how to slow the rise in housing costs, local leaders and employers across the state are working on…
Preliminary regulatory concepts for toxic air contaminants would affect wide range of industries
Some 300 different producers of emissions may be subject to the state’s first rules aimed at limiting toxic air contaminants — businesses that range from…
Nov. 3 Business Buzz: Public Utilities Commission sunset
On the first of two 9News Business Buzz episodes from Nov. 3, 2025, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Colorado officials recommend PUC changes that could impact utilities, ride-share providers
Colorado regulators have recommended some two dozen changes to improve the workings of the powerful Public Utilities Commission, including several amendments that could impact the…
Colorado insurers face new rules for behavioral-health coverage
Colorado health insurers are forbidden to deny coverage of medically necessary mental-health and substance-abuse treatment and must use nationally accepted standards in making their decisions,…
Oct. 17 Colorado Inside Out: Tax issues and regulation
On the Oct. 17, 2025 episode of “Colorado Inside Out” on PBS 12, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Colorado regulators approve new fees, streamlining for clean-water permit seekers
Colorado water-quality regulators agreed Tuesday to raise permitting fees by 13% to 14% in exchange for taking steps to speed up the process and reduce…