Budgets/TABOR
How TABOR works: Tracking the fate of your 2015 refund
CPR: May 4
Colorado legislature's attempted tweaks to TABOR laws go nowhere
Colorado Springs Gazette: May 6
A rush to pass Senate leader's bill showcases session's final hours
Denver Post: May 6
Development/Real Estate
Construction defects reform: Democrats in Legislature push last-minute alternative
Denver Business Journal: May 4
Affordable housing scarce in Colorado
Denver Business Journal: May 4
Metro Denver homeowners should brace for tax increases, assessors warn
Denver Post: May 4
Bill that could have delayed Aurora Gaylord hotel project dies in Colorado Legislature
Denver Business Journal: May 5
Efforts to tackle Colorado's affordable-housing fail
9NEWS: May 5
Last-minute agreement means change for Colorado urban-renewal laws
Denver Business Journal: May 6
Passing $400K, average Denver-area house sale prices hit all-time high
Denver Business Journal: May 6
Opinion: The real issue with the Colorado condo market
Denver Post: May 6
Legislative leaders vow to bring back construction-defects reform, ag-land bills
Denver Business Journal: May 8
Colorado title insurance commission bill could shake up state's real estate
Inman: May 8
Appeals court ruling on construction defects backs builder
Denver Business Journal: May 8
Mountain region rents keep climbing, report says
Denver Business Journal: May 8
Economy/Economic Development
When Cities and Suburbs Work Together
The Atlantic: May 4
Colorado can track ROI for big tourism marketing budget, governor says
Denver Post: May 6
Education
Officials: High participation in Colorado for tests
The Coloradoan: May 4
Chalkbeat: Mixed bag of education bills crosses finish line as session ends
Chalkbeat: May 6
Colorado students: Tests measure ability to take tests -- and little else
CPR: May 8
Colorado high school students also enrolled in college on rise
Denver Post: May 8
Elections/Politics
What we're watching in the waning days of Colorado's legislative session
Denver Business Journal: May 4
Testing, police, pot to dominate Legislature's final days
The Denver Channel: May 4
Testing, photo radar add to busy last day at Colorado legislature
Denver Post: May 6
Gold Dome: Last Day At The Legislature
State Bill Colorado: May 6
Denver election results signal some appetite for new approaches
Denver Post: May 7
Colorado legislative session did little for business
9NEWS: May 7
Urban-renewal, data-center fights on Legislature's final day
Denver Business Journal: May 7
Morgan Carroll considering run for Mike Coffman seat
Denver Post: May 7
2015 Recap: Partisan Divides Slowed Colorado Legislature
CBS Local: May 8
Colorado Springs man intends to run for Klingenschmitt's seat
Colorado Springs Gazette: May 8
6th Sense: Congressional district election intrigue for 2016 piques questions
Aurora Sentinel: May 8
Locating the firing squads, snake charmers, grenade tossers, snipers lurking beneath the Gold Dome
The Colorado Statesman: May 8
Modest progress for 2015 Colorado General Assembly
The Denver Post: May 8
The polarizing bills failed, but in 2015, legislators still found ways to compromise
CPR: May 8
Hickenlooper suggests vetoes for red-light camera bills, touts agenda
Denver Post: May 8
On the Spot, summing up Denver election: Who won big? Who lost? Who got lucky?
Denver Post: May 8
Colorado legislature's selfish pay raises
The Denver Post: May 9
Energy
Energy Pipeline: API's new Colorado office director Tracee Bentley discusses her role
Greeley Tribune: May 4
Another oil and gas company closing Denver office
Denver Business Journal: May 4
Hickenlooper is 1st Democratic governor to call for U.S. crude oil exports
Denver Business Journal: May 4
Bill creating hurdles for cutting CO2 in Colorado dies at Legislature
Denver Business Journal: May 5
Liquified natural gas may boost Western Slope producers' fortunes
Denver Post: May 5
Study: Clean Power Plan could prevent 63 deaths per year in Colorado
CPR: May 5
Bill creating hurdles for cutting CO2 in Colorado dies at Legislature
Denver Business Journal: May 5
Rocky Mountains launch for Our Energy Moment
Ingindustry: May 6
Coloradans Give Gov. Hickenlooper and State Legislature an 'F' for Failing to Address Fracking
EcoWatch: May 7
Colorado Oil & Gas Association names new CEO
Denver Business Journal: May 8
Fracking foes hit wall with legislature as Democrats sidestep fractious debate
The Colorado Statesman: May 8
Fracking foes hit wall with legislature as Democrats sidestep fractious debate
The Colorado Statesman: May 8
Climate change activists urge Coloradans to divest from fossil fuel stocks
CPR: May 8
General Business
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck gifts $500K to CU, DU law schools
Denver Post: May 4
Tap the keg: Denver is one of the 16 best beer cities in the nation
Denver Business Journal: May 4
Teresa Porter named Colorado Small Business Person of 2015
Denver Post: May 8
Health Care
New digital-health campus names first tenants, adds prototype lab
Denver Post: May 8
Labor/Employment
Bill giving $10B to prop up Colorado's public pensions killed
Watchdog: May 6
Metro Denver ranks high among best places to work for a small business
Denver Business Journal: May 6
Workforce-development package heads to Hickenlooper largely intact
Denver Business Journal: May 6
Marijuana
Supreme Court prods Obama administration in Colorado marijuana dispute
Christian Science Monitor: May 4
Colorado lawmakers approve medical marijuana for students in school
Fox News: May 5
Colorado lawmakers debate drug felons in the pot business
9NEWS: May 5
Hemp spawns new industry in Colorado
Denver Business Journal: May 6
Hemp spawns new industry in Colorado
Denver Business Journal: May 8
PERA
PERA bonding plan likened to Vegas gambling may face difficulty in Colorado Senate
Denver Business Journal: May 4
No pension bonding deal for PERA; bill dies in Colorado Senate committee
Denver Business Journal: May 6
Tax
Tax-break attempts broken by 2015 Colorado Legislature
Denver Business Journal: May 7
Telecommunications
Colorado legislators hang up on consumers' telecom advocate
Denver Business Journal: May 7
Transportation
$3.5 billion Colorado highway bonding bill dies
9NEWS: May 5
Road-funding efforts crash in Colorado Legislature
9NEWS: May 6
Felony DUI Bill Clears Colorado Legislature On Final Day
KUNC: May 6
May: State road funding vision out of step with public
The Coloradoan: May 8
Colorado Legislature Votes To Ban Traffic Cameras
TheNewspaper: May 8
CDOT director's assessment of Colorado's highway system: 'Terrible'
Denver Business Journal: May 8
Hickenlooper vows to continue fighting for hospital-fee road-funding plan
Denver Business Journal: May 8
Water
Colorado begins $3.4 million effort to save ag water, use it to make power
Denver Post: May 8
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