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Polis creates agency to encourage ESOPs

Employee stock ownership plans offer tax advantages to business owners and incentivize employees to help their company prosper. But in Colorado Springs, ESOPs are little known and seldom used....

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Gov touts achievements, addresses local concerns

The state of Colorado is working with local jurisdictions to tackle issues from transportation to cybersecurity, Gov. Jared Polis said at a town hall May 4 at Sierra High School. Polis spoke about...

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Legislators pass scores of business-related bills

The Colorado legislature passed and sent to Gov. Jared Polis more than 450 bills during the session that ended May 3. It will take weeks for Polis and his staff to review and decide whether to sign all...

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Experts answer questions on cannabis legislation

Local cannabis advocates are hailing Colorado’s 2019 legislative session as a milestone for the burgeoning industry, but the specifics of the 13 cannabis-related bills that passed still remain murky....

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Polis maps energy economy of the future

Standing among solar arrays at the Jefferson County Community Solar Garden in Arvada, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced May 30 that he was signing into law a suite of 11 clean energy bills. Seven of...

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AG Weiser discusses goals, first months in office

As the state’s top lawyer, Attorney General Phil Weiser, 51, runs the state’s largest law firm, with more than 270 attorneys. He is both Colorado’s chief legal adviser and top law enforcement official....

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Lawmakers launch a torrent of business-related legislation

Colorado legislators have wasted no time in getting started on new laws that could affect businesses. At the one-month mark of the 2020 session, more than 300 bills have been introduced. Many other...

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COVID-19: City, health experts ready plans

Lessons learned from the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest wildfires are helping the city and county fight the spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. “Every time we have a major event like that, we go...

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Enforcing public health orders a challenge for health department

Every day, Fred Legarda makes detailed logs of interactions and symptom and temperature checks for customers and staff at Self Made Tattoo.  As the shop’s owner, he files it away with his daily...

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A tale of two sessions: Legislators ram bills through

A 2020 legislative session that lawmakers called “painful,” “unusual and unique” and “frustrating” ended June 15 with some major accomplishments but with the passage of other bills that placed new...

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