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As business leaders think about the strategies they will take to advocate for priority bills and push back against proposed regulations in 2027, these are the dynamics of the #coleg to which they will be advocating — very different dynamics than this year: tsscolorado.com/democrats-ca…
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This is going to impact not just #coleg House Democrats' priorities but who sits on the committees that get first crack at the bills that deal with those priorities: tsscolorado.com/house-democr…
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With 97% of votes counted, the outcome is official. Colorado voters approved the most significant change in tax policy since passage of TABOR 34 years ago. The question now is how this will impact both state funding and the state's #Business environment: tsscolorado.com/amendment-87…
The #coleg Senate Democrats met to select their new leadership team today, two days after achieving a historic supermajority in the chamber. And they picked several more moderate members to lead them. Here's a look at the voting: tsscolorado.com/senate-democ…
Just 25,000 votes separate the tallies on Amendment 87, which seeks to scrap Colorado's 4.4% #incometax rate for a graduated system in which businesses and residents earning more money pay rates up to 8.4%. There are still some 321,000 votes to be counted: tsscolorado.com/colorado-vot…
In his final budget proposal, @GovofCO leaves weighty policy suggestions for his successor, including another push to privatize @Pinnacol, a significant proposed tax hike for casinos and a whole lot of spending reductions to try to keep Medicaid in check: tsscolorado.com/polis-final-…
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Colorado's long-planned curbside recycling program is taking root in several communities. But it's also facing two lawsuits and concerns over whether officials could discount chemical recycling, which proponents call vital for hard-to-recycle materials: tsscolorado.com/colorado-rec…
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UPDATE: The @CoSupremeCourt upheld this decision today, meaning that all votes cast on Amendment 87 will count and that the biggest business issue on the November ballot will remain the biggest business issue in #Elections2026: tsscolorado.com/judge-denies…
How do you deal with Colorado's drop in national business-friendliness ranking?. Sometimes you convince entrepreneurs in other cities that Denver is still a better place to be. Sometimes you remind your own business community of the positives: tsscolorado.com/economic-dev…
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One national business leader raised the specter that some remote-hiring employers could again refuse to consider Colorado applicants if the new #AI rules burden them in this state in a way that other states don't: tsscolorado.com/business-fin…
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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…
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"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…
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UPDATE: The plaintiff, represented by @BrownsteinHyatt, appealed the district judge's ruling yesterday: tsscolorado.com/judge-denies…
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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-…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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