Author: The Sum & Substance
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Commission approves ‘extremely aggressive’ emissions cuts for midstream sector
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Colorado air-quality regulators on Friday approved the state’s first emissions-reduction rules for the midstream sector of the oil-and-gas industry — rules that officials acknowledged would be expensive to comply with but insisted are necessary to curb pollution. During a two-day hearing, energy companies warned that the 20.5% reduction in emissions versus 2015 levels come at…
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A year makes a big difference for first-refusal, housing-study efforts
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One year after Gov. Jared Polis saw local-government backers block his land-use reform bill and then vetoed his party’s efforts to give cities and counties right of first refusal on some apartment sales, he signed two housing bills Thursday that attack the issues in new ways. In separate ceremonies, Polis inked a scaled-down measure granting…
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Jared Polis seeks EPA waiver for gas mandate that he says would hurt economy and environment
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Gov. Jared Polis has submitted a last-ditch waiver request to try to prevent northern Front Range gas stations from having to sell reformulated gas this summer, saying the federal mandate could cost Coloradans 60 cents per gallon and actually increase air pollution. The request, submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan in an…
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Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers defeat
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A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, even after its author attempted to scrap the controversial tax hike in favor of studying the issue instead. Sponsoring Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, called Senate Bill 33 as a tax-fairness…
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Bill to raise short-term rental tax rates suffers defeat
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A bill that sought to quadruple tax-assessment rates for Colorado owners of active short-term rental properties died at its first legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, even after its author attempted to scrap the controversial tax hike in favor of studying the issue instead. Sponsoring Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, called Senate Bill 33 as a tax-fairness…
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Senate committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers
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Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this session that some industry leaders have said is crucial to avoiding further flight from the profession. A Senate committee killed a bill to give appraisers a five-year statute of repose…
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Senate committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers
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Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this session that some industry leaders have said is crucial to avoiding further flight from the profession. A Senate committee killed a bill to give appraisers a five-year statute of repose…
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Advancing workforce-development bills aim to give learners in-demand skills
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Colorado legislators this month advanced two significant pieces of workforce-development legislation — one bill to create regional talent-development plans and grow an existing grant program, and another to create a system to track student success more closely. Both House Bill 1364 and HB 1365 are key parts of a package announced two weeks ago by…
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Advancing workforce-development bills aim to give learners in-demand skills
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Colorado legislators this month advanced two significant pieces of workforce-development legislation — one bill to create regional talent-development plans and grow an existing grant program, and another to create a system to track student success more closely. Both House Bill 1364 and HB 1365 are key parts of a package announced two weeks ago by…
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Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
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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 bipartisan quartet of legislators introduced Senate Bill 91 just two…