CPR: Why a new air quality bill is the latest in rift between Gov. Polis and environmental justice groups

It won’t be the first battle between Gov. Jared Polis and environmental justice advocates, but a new bill from Democratic lawmakers could mark one of the most direct confrontations over Colorado’s current approach to climate change and air pollution. Legislation filed this week calls for significant revisions to newly minted rules meant to cut climate-warming […]

11 News: Jobs outlook for Colorado Springs and Pueblo

Colorado Springs ranked second in the state in 2023 Q4 for the highest number of job vacancies per capita, according to the fourth quarter workforce and jobs data report from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and Aspen Technology Labs. The Colorado Springs metro area posted 12,145 job openings on Dec. 18, a number exceeded only […]

Southern Colorado Business Forum & Digest: Alliance Opens Pipeline to Better Jobs, Skilled Workforce

A coalition of business leaders is committed to fixing Colorado’s talent gap, striving to make a strong, homegrown talent pipeline a reality with a development system that is both learner-centered and economically responsive. Launched in October 2023, the Education to Employment Alliance’s (EEA) network already reaches across the state’s 64 counties and represents more than […]

Chair’s Roundtable: What Every Leader Can Learn from Jake Jabs

This week, the Colorado Chamber hosted a Chair’s Roundtable at the American Furniture Warehouse (AFW) Headquarters where the group met and spoke with CEO Jake Jabs. In 1975, Jabs purchased a struggling one-location furniture business called American Furniture Company which he renamed American Furniture Warehouse. Under Jabs’ leadership, American Furniture Warehouse expanded into a sixteen-store […]

Colorado Chamber Celebrates One Year Anniversary of The Sum & Substance

For media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Eveleth-Havens at [email protected]. DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce today celebrates the one-year anniversary of The Sum & Substance (TSS), a chamber-owned online publication that covers Colorado’s legislative and political news related to the business community. The Sum & Substance gives readers an insider’s perspective on the political […]

Gazette: EDITORIAL: Bills would bust Colorado’s oil & gas industry

Ruling Democrats at the Legislature may be soft on criminals, but they have no problem handing out harsh punishment for Colorado’s oil and gas producers. It doesn’t seem to matter that most Coloradans depend on the industry for heating their homes and refueling their cars and trucks. Or, that oil and gas has managed — […]

Black History Month Feature: African American Youth Leadership Conference

In honor of Black History Month, the Colorado Chamber is recognizing Black business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, and job creators who have grown their businesses from the ground up and are core to our local Colorado communities.  Today’s feature is Dr. Ersaleen Hope with the African American Youth Leadership Conference Dr. Ersaleen Hope is the newly […]

The Colorado Sun: Mileage goals, pollution fines, drilling pauses: Colorado Democrats unveil ambitious package to cut ozone

Democrats and environmental justice advocates Thursday unveiled an ambitious package of ozone-fighting bills that would “pause” oil and gas drilling in summer months, set caps on miles driven in gasoline-powered cars and increase pollution fines for “repeat offenders” like the Suncor refinery. A bill with some similar ozone-fighting provisions was gutted in the 2023 legislative […]

Fox 31: Drilling pauses, pollution fines proposed in suite of Colorado air quality bills

Colorado lawmakers rolled out new bills on Thursday with the goal of reducing pollution in the state, but business chambers and oil and gas companies are already pushing back, fearing businesses would be harmed if the measures become law. Lawmakers and community members say something needs to be done now to improve Colorado’s air for […]