Sources from @usnews to @CNBC to the @ColoradoChamber have reported the trying business atmosphere in this state. On this week's podcast episode, we talk to two heads of local economic-development organizations about how they are working to overcome this: tsscolorado.com/oct-26-color…

"Work-integrated learning" may be the workforce-development solution needed by small companies without resources for apprenticeships and students who work full-time and can't afford such experience. Here's how @CoHigherEd is pushing that model: tsscolorado.com/state-seekin…

UPDATE: The plaintiff, represented by @BrownsteinHyatt, appealed the district judge's ruling yesterday: tsscolorado.com/judge-denies…

Why is this a big deal for business? It'll prepare students for careers, including many who don't want to go right away to four-year colleges. That's why the @ColoradoChamber and local chambers have partnered with @APCollege_Board to expand these courses: tsscolorado.com/polis-order-…

Are Colorado's blue laws on car sales outdated, or are they are a necessary part of keeping the sector healthy, as @coautodealers argue? The #coleg may end up deciding that, if it picks up a report from a Colorado state agency and runs with it: tsscolorado.com/colorado-reg…

While state regulators are taking steps to reduce permitting backlogs, major permits continue to average more than two years to get. That is very likely to be a consideration in the conversation about these proposed fees: tsscolorado.com/colorado-reg…

Regulatory reform, increased infrastructure planning and new way of measuring the cumulative impact of fiscal policies on businesses: These are just some of the recommendations coming out of this council appointed by @GovofCO: tsscolorado.com/polis-compet…

What would a Democratic supermajority in both the #coleg House and Senate — a threshold looking very possible in the upcoming election — mean for business issues? Here are a few thoughts: tsscolorado.com/key-business…

Amendment 82 is a ballot initiative about the right to natural gas that is not sponsored by the oil and gas industry. So, what exactly would it do? That is the primary question for critics and proponents: tsscolorado.com/amendment-82…

Where do @LopezforCO, @victormarx and @pweiser stand on business issues like technology regulation, data centers, regulatory reform, housing construction, healthcare affordability and more? This article lays out their plans and differences: tsscolorado.com/where-colora…

Why are Amendment 87 and Proposition 36 so important to Colorado's business atmosphere? Leaders of the dueling campaigns, one from @BellPolicy and the other from @AdvanceCOInst, explain in this week's episode of @ColoradoChamber Office Hours: tsscolorado.com/sept-28-colo…

An Amendment 87 backer told me he was surprised this initiative has become the most-talked-about issue on the November ballot. Well, here's why business leaders believe it and Proposition 136 are more important than anything else that will get a vote: tsscolorado.com/the-income-t…

Leaders at @cdpheapcd recently released rulemaking concepts for the state's first regulations targeted specifically at the petroleum-refinery sector. What's particularly interesting about this: There is only one refinery in the state of Colorado: tsscolorado.com/colorado-is-…

There's a lot of reasons to care about improving Colorado's workforce-development system. But sometimes it takes a conversation with @JonCaldara to put them into stark perspective: tsscolorado.com/september-18…

Colorado last week became the first state to adopt new methane rules on #OilAndGas producers to conform to 2024 @EPA guidelines. It has had its own methane rules in place for more than a decade, which minimized fighting. Still, there was some controversy: tsscolorado.com/colorado-app…

On this week's @ColoradoChamber Office Hours podcast, we sit down with the author of a recently unveiled study asserting that the state must take a number of steps to maintain its leadership in the aerospace industry: tsscolorado.com/september-21…

This legal challenge to Amendment 87 from @BrownsteinHyatt attorneys could throw a huge wrench into the debate on income-tax rates on the November ballot: tsscolorado.com/lawsuit-seek…

It was great to learn from @denversummitfc leaders during Monday's Leadership Colorado trip to their facilities how they built a world-class sports team from scratch — a lesson in entrepreneurship and organizational structure.

Democrat @JenaGriswold wants to ramp up efforts to protect Colorado from a "lawless administration." Republican @MichaelAllen4CO wants to run a less politicized office. The race to be Colorado attorney general: tsscolorado.com/attorney-gen…

Over 40 years, @donnabrazile has gained a unique perspective on presidential races. On this week's @ColoradoChamber Office Hours episode, she discusses Colorado's unique place in national politics and how Democrats should talk about business issues: tsscolorado.com/sept-14-colo…