Author: Ed Sealover
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Colorado could grant telecom industry’s wish to speed local review of cell phone towers
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As cell-phone service has moved from being a nicety to a critical business need, wireless providers are investing $30 billion annually to grow national infrastructure. But in some parts of Colorado, they say, it can take months or years to get a permit to build a cell tower. Colorado legislators appear poised to step into…
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New effort to ban ‘junk fees’ in Colorado shifts focus to different industry
Colorado Democrats once again are seeking to ban “junk fees” that get added without option onto the advertised prices of goods and services, but their focus this year has shifted largely from hotels and ticket sellers to landlords. Following a four-hour hearing Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 1090, which seeks to define…
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Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While state broadband officials ready their action plan to expand fiber to 99% of Colorado, a dispute over the amount of fees that telecommunications companies must pay to install lines along public rights of way has stalled dueling legislative efforts to define those fees. A…
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Negotiations defuse concerns about workers’ compensation bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An expected high-profile legislative debate over expansion of workers’ compensation benefits has ended even before it started, as business groups and workers’ comp attorneys agreed to a compromise that will grow payouts to a limited…
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Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject this month — and indicated that they’d prefer a solution different from what is being offered. Legislators approved creation of…
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Colorado proposal would reverse major business concessions in new manufacturing emissions rules
A trio of Democratic legislators has introduced a bill that would overturn several major concessions that business leaders won in a rulemaking process last year that set first-of-their-kind emissions regulations on the state’s largest manufacturers. Ed Sealover Rep. Mike Weissman of Aurora, a prime sponsor of both the new House Bill 1339 and the 2021 Environmental Justice…
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Colorado proposal would reverse major business concessions in new manufacturing emissions rules (DG PRINT)
A trio of Democratic legislators has introduced a bill that would overturn several major concessions that business leaders won in a rulemaking process last year that set first-of-their-kind emissions regulations on the state’s largest manufacturers. Ed Sealover Rep. Mike Weissman of Aurora, a prime sponsor of both the new House Bill 1339 and the 2021…
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Brewers split on Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper is, as he will sometimes mention in speeches, the first brewer-turned-governor in America since Sam Adams oversaw Massachusetts’ government at the end of the 18th century. Though out of the industry now, he also is considered a friend to the state’s brewers, having signed legislation that they backed and having used his official…
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New bill could allow smoking back in bars
Portions of Colorado’s 2½-year-old indoor-smoking ban could be in jeopardy under a bill expected to be introduced soon.The bipartisan measure would classify bars, restaurants, racetracks and parts of casinos as cigar-tobacco bars if they have a humidor and make 5 percent of annual gross income or $50,000 in annual sales from tobacco products. Patrons would…
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Sample 14 brewers’ star lagers at Manitou festival
Unlike most beer festivals, Manitou Springs’ Craft Lagerfest, which returns to Soda Springs Park on Saturday, has one star brew.But 14 breweries, all of which had a hand in its creation, will celebrate the success of Warning Sing Eisbock.The high-alcohol bock, which will make its sixth consecutive appearance at what may be the most talked-about…