Ahead of the 2025 state Legislative session, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce outlined three areas where it hoped to curtail business regulation. Four bills backed by the group have passed in the state legislature and await the governor’s signature. Colorado’s legislative session ended Wednesday, capping a flurry of action enacting new laws. The chamber touted […]
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Denver 7: Colorado’s 2025 legislative session comes to an end Wednesday
State lawmakers are spending the final hours of this year’s legislative session trying to get as many priority bills as they can across the finish line. The legislative session ends at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. Many bills, including some that seemed to have much support earlier in the session, won’t make it to the governor’s […]
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Denver Gazette: Colorado labor, allies frame bill as fight over unionization; business says it’s about dues on non-union members
Labor and business have clashed over how to frame a proposal to eliminate a key requirement before unions can negotiate to impose dues on non-union members. The diametrically opposed framing is unsurprising given major fights at the state Capitol. For labor, it’s likely aimed at drawing public support amid the governor’s pronouncements that he would […]
Denver Post: Colorado House advances labor bill after negotiations collapse with business leaders, Gov. Jared Polis
Negotiations over a pro-union bill in the Colorado House collapsed over the weekend after labor officials rejected Gov. Jared Polis’ attempt to expand talks to include other deeply contentious pieces of legislation. Democratic lawmakers on Monday instead pushed forward to pass the bill, potentially setting up a veto showdown. … Loren Furman, the CEO of […]
Colorado Newsline: Colorado House gives initial OK to bill that would ease union formation despite veto threat
The Colorado House of Representatives on Monday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would eliminate a second election requirement, unique to the state, for union formation, four months after the legislation was introduced and two days before the end of the lawmaking term. After months of negotiation between labor and business groups, there was […]
CPR: With union and business leaders unable to reach deal on Labor Peace Act, Colorado Democrats will test Jared Polis’ veto pen
Colorado’s union and business leaders announced Saturday that after months of negotiations, they have failed to reach a deal on the future of the Labor Peace Act, setting up a high-stakes showdown between Democrats in the legislature and Gov. Jared Polis. It’s been nearly a month since there was any legislative action on Senate Bill […]
Colorado Sun: Colorado job openings up
Job growth may be slowing in Colorado but for some reason, there’s been an uptick in job openings, according to a quarterly update by Aspen Technology Labs for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The number of jobs looking for workers at the end of March was 12.8% higher than early January. That’s approximately 14,420 […]
Colorado Sun: Colorado union and business leaders can’t reach deal on Labor Peace Act, so Democrats will test Jared Polis’ veto pen
Colorado’s union and business leaders announced Saturday that after months of negotiations, they have failed to reach a deal on the future of the Labor Peace Act, setting up a high-stakes showdown between Democrats in the legislature and Gov. Jared Polis … Loren Furman, president and CEO of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, previously said […]
Chaffee County Times: Leon, Drexler, DeWalt advance to state Civics Bee
Buena Vista held its third-annual Civics Bee at the American Legion Post 55 Sunday afternoon, with Buena Vista Middle School student Zachary Leon taking first place in the competition, Benjamin Drexler of Darren Patterson Christian Academy placing second and Jordan DeWalt of DPCA placing third. The three finalists will go on to the statewide civics […]