Many states have slowed the pace at which they added new regulations or even reduced the total number, but Colorado has moved in the opposite direction and will pay an economic price for doing so, according to a study sponsored by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. “A lot of these regulations could be considered redundant […]
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Steamboat Pilot: Study says Colorado businesses are overregulated. Not everyone agrees on how to fix it.
A new study reports excessive business regulations in Colorado are straining jobs, economic growth and affordability for lower-income residents. Organizations like the Colorado Chamber of Commerce are calling for reform, while others argue deregulating the state could have consequences. The 2024 Regulatory Impact Analysis Report identified Colorado as the sixth most regulated state in the […]
Gazette: EDITORIAL: Rays of hope for Colorado businesses?
Will the employers who create most of Colorado’s jobs get a reprieve, even if only slight, from a yearslong assault on business by the Legislature? … 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 […]
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. “In our 2025 Legislative Agenda, we’re offering a package of bold solutions to get our regulatory climate […]
Colorado Politics: Colorado Gov Jared Polis rescinds 200 ‘unnecessary, outdated, wasteful, obsolete’ executive orders
Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order on Thursday to rescind more than 200 executive orders, almost all of which had been issued before he took office. He said this move would make the government more efficient. From 2019 through Thursday, Polis has issued 586 executive orders, not including clemency orders, which are another form […]
Center Square: Polis takes a table saw to hundreds of executive orders
Gov. Jared Polis this week took executive action to reverse over 200 executive orders that he argues are obsolete. “Today, I took a table saw to outdated and wasteful Executive Orders, cutting away at bureaucracy to make our government more efficient,” the governor said in a statement. … Another report released this week by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce […]
11 News: Gov. Polis ‘cuts away’ more than 200 Colorado Executive Orders in government efficiency effort
Governor Jared Polis signed an Executive Order Thursday rescinding more than 200 outdated Executive Orders in what he said is an effort to make Colorado’s government more efficient. To symbolically accompany the action, he also cut away physical copies of those orders. With a table saw. … “As governor, I can do this with Executive […]
Gazette: EDITORIAL: Colorado’s race toward overregulation
A day after a new economic forecast told Coloradans to lower their expectations for growth and prosperity, a study released by the state’s chamber of commerce offered insights as to why that might be. As reported by The Gazette, a study commissioned by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce found that ours is the sixth-most regulated […]
Colorado Politics: Colorado is 6th most regulated state in America, chamber report says
Colorado is the sixth-most regulated state in the country and nearly half of its roughly 200,000 regulations are “excessive or duplicative,” a finding that poses negative ramifications on economic growth, on productivity and, ultimately, on residents, according to a new study from the state’s chamber of commerce. The study commissioned by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce is the latest […]
Denver 7: Colorado’s economic growth fell from 5th in the nation to 41st, according to new report
Two new reports are shedding light on the state of Colorado’s economy. The University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business released its 60th Annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook on Monday. While it shows Colorado’s economy is still growing, it’s doing so at a slower pace. … The Colorado Chamber of Commerce said there’s another reason […]