Health-care bills, data-center tax breaks die as they run out of time
Two controversial health-care bills that had been priorities of Gov. Jared Polis’ administration but also had garnered tremendous pushback because of their potential to raise…
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In a surprise move, legislators kill bill to loosen AI regulations they passed in 2024
Feeling that nine months of talks could not produce consensus, Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez decided to kill his bill Monday to loosen artificial-intelligence regulations,…
Gov. Polis stared down legislators that sought social-media regulation. Polis won.
During an April 14 news conference urging Gov. Jared Polis to sign a bill seeking to impose new child-safety protections on social-media companies, Chelsea Congdon…
Effort to ban use of consumer surveillance data meets its legislative end
Legislators squelched a plan Tuesday to make Colorado the first state to ban companies from using consumer surveillance data to set prices or wages, though…
Supporters fix potentially fatal flaw in bill to speed up cell-tower permitting, close connectivity gaps
Supporters of a bill to speed up permitting for wireless towers throughout Colorado have fixed a potentially fatal flaw that was added into the proposal…
New incentive proposal aims to get Colorado into data-center recruitment game
Feeling that Colorado has fallen way behind other states in the effort to attract capital-intensive data centers, a bipartisan pair of senators is pushing the…
Effort to speed wireless-infrastructure permitting could be undermined by Senate amendment
Critics of a bill that seeks to offer regulatory predictability to the wireless industry tacked on an amendment this week that undermines the intent of…
Artificial intelligence workers may get special protections in Colorado
Even before Colorado has established regulations for artificial-intelligence development, legislators are advancing a proposal to give special whistleblower protection to sector workers — a plan…
State could grant telecom industry’s wish to speed local review of cell phone towers
As cell-phone service has moved from being a nicety to a critical business need, wireless providers are investing $30 billion annually to grow national infrastructure….
Business leaders plead for changes in state’s new AI law
Developers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems are begging a legislative task force to amend definitions and an “untenable” appeals process in Colorado’s AI law…