Author: Ed Sealover
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Panel of lawmakers considers whether carbon capture holds future in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado aims to achieve 100% net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, leaders of key state agencies argue that they can’t meet that goal without employing carbon-capture-and-sequestration techniques in hard-to-decarbonize sectors. But several environmental advocates — sometimes pitted against fellow environmental organizations — are pushing back…
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Senators advance seasonal oil-and-gas activity pause, industrial fine increases
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Legislators looking to ramp up both regulations against air-quality violators and the enforcement of those laws advanced two major pieces of legislation Wednesday amid warnings that they could lead to economic upheaval and shutdowns of large employers. During a 10-hour hearing that stretched nearly to…
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Senate committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this session that some industry leaders have said is crucial to avoiding further flight from the profession. A Senate committee killed…
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Advancing workforce-development bills aim to give learners in-demand skills
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislators this month advanced two significant pieces of workforce-development legislation — one bill to create regional talent-development plans and grow an existing grant program, and another to create a system to track student success more closely. Both House Bill 1364 and HB 1365 are…
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Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While state broadband officials ready their action plan to expand fiber to 99% of Colorado, a dispute over the amount of fees that telecommunications companies must pay to install lines along public rights of way…
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Negotiations defuse concerns about workers’ compensation bill
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An expected high-profile legislative debate over expansion of workers’ compensation benefits has ended even before it started, as business groups and workers’ comp attorneys agreed to a compromise that will grow payouts to a limited…
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Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject this month — and indicated that they’d prefer a solution…
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Colorado proposal would reverse major business concessions in new manufacturing emissions rules
A trio of Democratic legislators has introduced a bill that would overturn several major concessions that business leaders won in a rulemaking process last year that set first-of-their-kind emissions regulations on the state’s largest manufacturers. Rep. Mike Weissman of Aurora, a prime sponsor of both the new House Bill 1339 and the 2021 Environmental Justice Act that…