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…
Taxes
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…
Colorado officials again stall progressive income tax ballot initiative by declaring it to have multiple subjects
In a saga offering more twists than a soap opera, Colorado Title Board members reversed course on Wednesday and determined an initiative to establish a…
Title board gives OK for proponents to move ahead on progressive income tax measure
The effort to replace Colorado’s uniform tax rate with a graduated income tax is moving ahead again, after a state board ruled Wednesday that a…
Vacancy taxes, real-estate transfer fees among new levies that local governments seek to assess
Local governments seeking additional revenue for housing and other priorities want to ask legislators next year to let them assess several new taxes and fees…
Voters approved two-thirds of requested lodging-tax hikes
Six of nine Colorado counties that sought lodging-tax increases in last week’s election passed the measures, indicating that while residents in tourist-draw areas remain largely…
Oct. 20 Business Buzz: Graduated income tax proposal
On the first of two 9News Business Buzz episodes from Oct. 20, 2025, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
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…
Wednesday hearing ramps up discussion on ballot initiative to create progressive income-tax system
Though the 2026 election remains nearly 13 months away, debate is heating up around a proposed initiative that would replace Colorado’s flat 4.4% income tax…
Sept. 22 Business Buzz: Counties consider lodging-tax hikes
On the second Sept. 22 episode of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives…