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This new State Implementation Plan gives Colorado more time to come into compliance with federal ozone standards:
11/22/2025

This new State Implementation Plan gives Colorado more time to come into compliance with federal ozone standards:

The plan voluntarily downgrades Colorado's ozone noncompliance status, giving state strategies more time to mature and reduce emissions.

For all those folks who thought there may not have been enough controversial bills coming next legislative session ....
11/21/2025

For all those folks who thought there may not have been enough controversial bills coming next legislative session ....

Colorado municipal and county leaders hope legislators next year will give them permission to ask voters to implement new taxes.

Should Colorado roll out the red carpet for autonomous vehicles or hold up a similarly colored stop sign?
11/20/2025

Should Colorado roll out the red carpet for autonomous vehicles or hold up a similarly colored stop sign?

After Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to require humans in cabs of autonomous commercial vehicles, discussions have continued on the subject.

Why would a state voluntarily downgrade its noncompliance status with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ozone rules? ...
11/17/2025

Why would a state voluntarily downgrade its noncompliance status with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ozone rules? Here's why, as well as why some people think this is a bad idea:

Short of meeting EPA ozone standards, Colorado is looking to voluntarily downgrade its noncompliance status, which worries business groups.

Some industry leaders argued that a doubling or tripling of lodging taxes could hurt tourism:
11/14/2025

Some industry leaders argued that a doubling or tripling of lodging taxes could hurt tourism:

In general, the lodging-tax hikes passed in counties where tourism accounts for a disproportionate share of the local economy.

Are these cuts necessary, as Governor Jared Polis argues? Or are they dangerous, as hospital leaders claim?
11/12/2025

Are these cuts necessary, as Governor Jared Polis argues? Or are they dangerous, as hospital leaders claim?

Gov. Polis wants to rein in Medicaid after program leaders sought a $631 million funding increase. Hospitals say this could impact services.

This week on the 9NEWS (KUSA) Business Buzz, Ryan and I discuss new ideas in affordable housing and financial literacy:
11/10/2025

This week on the 9NEWS (KUSA) Business Buzz, Ryan and I discuss new ideas in affordable housing and financial literacy:

Ryan Frazier and Ed Sealover discuss business ideas to address Colorado's high housing costs, plus a conversation on financial literacy for future workers.

Homebuilders and employers offered ideas for how to increase affordable housing at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce roundt...
11/07/2025

Homebuilders and employers offered ideas for how to increase affordable housing at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce roundtable today:

Public-private partnerships and fast-track permitting are underway in some areas. Officials believe expansion could create more housing.

More than 300 facilities in a wide range of industries could be impacted by these rules:
11/05/2025

More than 300 facilities in a wide range of industries could be impacted by these rules:

Emissions-control strategies that regulators are starting to develop could cause some 300 producers of toxic air contaminants to make changes.

One of the key consequences of this proposed move would be allowing Pinnacol Assurance to expand outside the state, whic...
11/04/2025

One of the key consequences of this proposed move would be allowing Pinnacol Assurance to expand outside the state, which is more important as an increasing number of companies hire remotely from throughout the country:

Pinnacol could expand out of state and appoint its own board members under the plan, but it would lose a valuable tax break.

The bill to renew — and change — the PUC will be one of the most hotly debated of the 2026 legislative session:
10/31/2025

The bill to renew — and change — the PUC will be one of the most hotly debated of the 2026 legislative session:

The PUC sunset-review bill is expected to be one of the most debated of the 2026 Colorado legislative session.

This could mean more access for patients, but also less flexibility for insurers:
10/24/2025

This could mean more access for patients, but also less flexibility for insurers:

Beginning Jan. 1, insurers can't deny medically necessary mental-health treatment — and must follow national standards in their decisions.

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