When the Colorado General Assembly convenes this month for the 2026 session, lawmakers will confront a crowded agenda shaped by fiscal pressure, escalating costs and legal and regulatory change. … Housing and insurance affordability are at the forefront of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s 2026 Legislative Agenda. “Colorado ranks among the most expensive states in […]
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Denver Post: How state policy is quietly crushing Colorado’s small businesses (Opinion)
As the 2026 Colorado legislative session approaches, the General Assembly must make one thing clear: small businesses are not the enemy. Because time and again, state policy treats them as if they are. … At the same time, Colorado continues to rank among the most heavily regulated states in the nation. According to a study […]
Canon City Daily Record: Colorado General Assembly session set to open Wednesday
Burdensome regulation in Colorado — a count of more than 200,000 measures a year ago — is restricting economic growth, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce says, and when the second session of the 75th General Assembly opens Jan. 14 at the state capitol, the organization is hopeful there will be a commitment toward reform. “We […]
DBJ: Legislative preview 2026: These bills could have big repercussions for Colorado’s businesses
There are three words likely to be on lawmakers’ minds as the 2026 legislative session begins: budget, budget and budget. Colorado faces down a roughly $1 billion budget deficit in each of the coming fiscal years, according to nonpartisan staffers with the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. … The Colorado Chamber will also advocate against legislation […]
Colorado Sun: Colorado Democrats, labor movement revive push to ease unionization rules. Jared Polis is promising another veto.
Democrats in the Colorado legislature plan to reignite a labor policy fight with Gov. Jared Polis this year by trying again to pass a bill making it easier for unions to force all workers at a company to pay fees for collective bargaining representation — regardless of whether they are members of a union. … […]
KUNC: Colorado Democrats, labor unions revive push to ease unionization rules
Democrats in the Colorado legislature plan to introduce a bill during the upcoming legislative session that would make it easier for employees to form unions, reigniting a fight over labor policy with Gov. Jared Polis after he vetoed the same measure last year. … “The Colorado Chamber’s priority is to preserve the balance in Colorado […]
DBJ: Labor groups to try again to change the Colorado Labor Peace Act’s second election
Business interests got their way in 2025 when Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a hotly contested piece of labor legislation. But they’re in for another fight this year. A new version of Senate Bill 25-005, which sought to change the Colorado Labor Peace Act, will be back for the 2026 legislative session, bill sponsors and a […]
Denver Post: Democratic lawmakers will resurrect vetoed labor bill with an eye toward Colorado’s next governor
A pro-union bill that has pitted Gov. Jared Polis against every Democratic lawmaker and Colorado’s major labor groups is set to return to the Capitol this year. But this time, the focus will begin to turn toward two men hoping to occupy the governor’s office next. … The second-election provision was written into state law […]
Post Independent: Colorado Democrats revive legislation to change decades-old union law
Colorado Democrats will try again in 2026 to pass legislation aimed at making it easier for unions to organize. Standing beside hundreds of workers during a rally at the Capitol on Thursday, state lawmakers said they will revive a failed bill from last year that sought to overturn an 80-year-old labor law that they say […]
Ark Valley Voice: 2026 National Civics Bee Application Deadline is February 3
The 2026 National Civics Bee application deadline is approaching soon. The essay application portal will close at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3. The BV Chamber of Commerce puts on the local Civics Bee in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County (LWVCC). The BV Civics Bee is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. […]