Colorado Politics: Colorado Gov Jared Polis rescinds 200 ‘unnecessary, outdated, wasteful, obsolete’ executive orders
Both caucuses pointed to Colorado’s reputation as one of the nation’s most highly-regulated states. The Colorado Chamber of Commerce estimated this week that, by year’s end, Colorado will move from 12th to sixth most regulated state in the country.
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Colorado Politics: Colorado Chamber of Commerce releases 2025 legislative agenda
The Colorado Chamber of Commerce has released its agenda for the upcoming legislative session, with a focus on scaling back the state’s regulation policies following a study that found Colorado to be the sixth-most regulated state in the nation.
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Center Square: Polis takes a table saw to hundreds of executive orders
Another report released this week by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce ranked the state as the sixth most regulated in the U.S., with almost 200,000 business regulations. According to the report, 45% of those regulations “can be classified as being duplicative or redundant.”
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Gazette: EDITORIAL: Rays of hope for Colorado businesses?
As noted most recently by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s news service, it’s now pretty much official that Democrats have lost their veto-proof super-majority in the state House of Representatives following last month’s election. Republicans picked up a few more seats. And Democrats in charge at the state Senate failed in a bid to achieve a super-majority of their own.
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Steamboat Pilot: Study says Colorado businesses are overregulated. Not everyone agrees on how to fix it.
The 2024 Regulatory Impact Analysis Report identified Colorado as the sixth most regulated state in the nation, thanks to almost half of the state’s business regulations being labeled excessive or duplicative.|
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