Colorado Chamber Ed Sealover

Colorado Chamber Ed Sealover I serve as vice president of strategic initiatives and editor for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce.

Long hours of debate resulted in a framework of what technology regulations Governor Jared Polis would and would not sig...
06/11/2026

Long hours of debate resulted in a framework of what technology regulations Governor Jared Polis would and would not sign into law this year:

Legislators debated more technology guardrail bills — and Gov. Jared Polis signed more — than ever before in the 2026 legislative session.

Who's ready to talk about road funding until November? This pretty much ensures we will be:
06/09/2026

Who's ready to talk about road funding until November? This pretty much ensures we will be:

The offer had been made as part of HB 1430 as an alternative to the bill's $700 million reduction of road funding if Initiative 175 passes.

This marks a huge next step in the process that began with seven regional talent summits last year:
06/08/2026

This marks a huge next step in the process that began with seven regional talent summits last year:

The webinar will launch the critical phase of implementing 232 workforce-development plans across nine economic sectors.

Focuses of these bills included a potential cut in road funding and a new fee on homeowners' insurance policies:
06/05/2026

Focuses of these bills included a potential cut in road funding and a new fee on homeowners' insurance policies:

The laws impact workers laboring outside, software sales, transportation funding, homeowners' insurance costs and law-firm ownership.

Rather than being focused on emissions, the energy conversations during this year's legislative session revolved around ...
06/04/2026

Rather than being focused on emissions, the energy conversations during this year's legislative session revolved around affordability and reliability. Heres' why:

Rather than debate utilities getting to net-zero emissions or put guardrails on natural-gas usage, legislators talked energy affordability.

Both bills, Governor Jared Polis argued in conjunction with business groups, could have driven up costs for consumers:
06/03/2026

Both bills, Governor Jared Polis argued in conjunction with business groups, could have driven up costs for consumers:

In veto letters, Gov. Jared Polis wrote that the bills could have harmed the very consumers that they espoused they wanted to help.

This week on the podcast, we discuss the next steps in implementing the bold plans that came from the Opportunity Now Re...
06/02/2026

This week on the podcast, we discuss the next steps in implementing the bold plans that came from the Opportunity Now Regional Talent Summits:

Two workforce-development leaders discuss how 232 actions recommended at the 2025 regional talent summits now will become new career pathways.

This effort could have created a $150M windfall for workforce training, but it also could have faced significant opposit...
05/29/2026

This effort could have created a $150M windfall for workforce training, but it also could have faced significant opposition at the ballot:

The initiative to worker training with a disaffiliation fee charged to Pinnacol is being scrapped in favor of a legislative solution.

This could end up being the most substantial workforce-development bill signed by Governor Jared Polis:
05/28/2026

This could end up being the most substantial workforce-development bill signed by Governor Jared Polis:

The bill tasks a commission with combining Colorado's higher-education and workforce-development initiatives into one new agency.

This session brought some gains to the push for increased housing development, but not as many as Governor Jared Polis a...
05/28/2026

This session brought some gains to the push for increased housing development, but not as many as Governor Jared Polis and his allies had won in recent years:

Housing will be easier to build around transit hubs and on certain properties, but not necessarily in established neighborhoods.

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