Legislators battling again with rideshare companies over driver pay, safety rules
Less than 10 months after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to add safety-focused restrictions on transportation-network companies like Uber and Lyft, the issue is…
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Proposed social-media regulations go less far than 2025 bills
One year after social-media companies clashed with Colorado legislators seeking to boost regulations on them, the early 2026 bills impacting the sector seem more cooperative,…
Legislators beginning data centers debate: Incentivize them or add major rules?
Colorado legislators will be asked this session to choose between two bills on data centers that approach the burgeoning industry sector in starkly different ways…
Polis’ final State of the State: Broad calls, plus specifics on housing, workforce
Gov. Jared Polis offered his final State of the State Address Thursday, calling for legislators to make additional progress on clean energy, workforce development and…
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…
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…
As autonomous vehicles proliferate, Colorado officials debate the need for more regulation
Waymo is operating driverless taxis in a handful of U.S. cities. Joby Aviation is testing air taxis that it intends eventually to fly without pilots….
Backers nix regulatory overhaul, delay implementation of Colorado AI law
Facing industry and public-entity backlash over a potentially job-stunting liability clause in the latest try at artificial-intelligence regulatory overhaul, backers agreed instead Monday to delay…
Liability provision is newest obstacle for reform of artificial-intelligence regulations
The drawn-out negotiations over revamping Colorado’s artificial-intelligence regulations have hit another stumbling block — a proposed liability amendment introduced Sunday that AI-system developers worry could…
Special session opens with legislators advancing competing AI bills
While the first day of the 2025 special session was marked largely by the advancement of Democratic bills over Republican alternatives on many issues Wednesday,…