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…
Workforce & Education
Ballot initiative proposes to separate Pinnacol Assurance from state control — without using fees to balance budget
With legislators again dragging their feet on Gov. Jared Polis’ proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer and one of Colorado’s leading…
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…
After much discussion at regional talent summits, state offers employer-driven plans to boost workforce skills
Colorado state officials on Tuesday released a wide-ranging yet focused set of recommendations garnered from seven regional talent summits that lay out strategies for boosting…
Business-labor coalition asks state to slow mandates for electrification, renewable energy
Business and labor leaders came together Friday and called for state leaders to focus more on energy affordability and job creation as they consider ramping…
Colorado leaders seek to create “one-stop shop” to help employers, students access workforce-development programs
As Colorado employers have decried the lack of skilled talent entering the state’s workforce over the past half-decade, Colorado has created new programs to boost…
Nov. 10 Business Buzz: Financial literacy
On the second of two 9News Business Buzz episodes from Nov. 10, 2025, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Nov. 3 Business Buzz: New workforce-focused AP courses
On the second of two 9News Business Buzz episodes from Nov. 3, 2025, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of…
Polis’ budget cuts target health care, higher education
Two days after the end of a special session that rolled back $153 million in tax breaks to help close a budget shortfall, Gov. Jared…
Developer of AP courses launching new classes focused on workforce readiness
As businesses balk at the cost of training graduates whom they deem unprepared and schools offer too many credentials with no value to employers, a…