75th Colorado Legislature

SB5, the Labor Peace Act overhaul, advances over business complaints

Senate Democrats used their first bill hearing of the 2025 legislative session Tuesday to advance a proposed major change to the state’s Labor Peace Act, saying that the 82-year-old “compromise” law is not working for Colorado employees anymore.

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If you’re fed up with high egg prices, you’ll like HB25-1074 by Rep. Gonzalez and Sen. Kirkmeyer

If you have not yet visited your grocer’s refrigerated section in 2025, you’re in a for a surprise. The only eggs you will find are cage-free, and they are expensive.

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Rep. Dusty Johnson aims to tackle rural issues through her mantra: ‘cows, cops and coffee’

State Rep. Dusty Johnson, who represents seven mostly sparsely populated counties on the Northeastern Plains of Colorado in House District 63, entered the 75th General Assembly ready to champion rural communities, agriculture and water rights.

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Its back to the future for some bills that failed to advance in last year’s session

The 2024 legislative session ended with some unfinished business for some lawmakers, a few of whom have decided to give their previously unsuccessful bills another shot. While some measures have undergone changes based on feedback from last year, others remain the same.

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Less than one-third of voters support changes to Labor Peace Act, poll finds

Less than a week before the first scheduled hearing of a bill to rewrite Colorado’s Labor Peace Act, a coalition of business groups has released a poll that it argues shows voters of all stripes are overwhelmingly opposed to the proposed changes.

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