A bill that began as a simple, technical change to a 19th-century statute has turned into a much bigger battle over whether the state should grant eminent domain rights to oil and petroleum companies. Sponsors of Senate Bill 13-021 claim the bill would merely make a technical correction in state law to add petroleum to […]
Colorado senators give a rare mention to The Colorado Chamber
Never has the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry (The Colorado Chamber) seemed to wield so much power with legislative Democrats – especially when it doesn’t actually take a stance on a bill. The Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval Monday to Senate Bill 18, sponsored by Sen. Jesse Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, which would limit employers’ […]