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....
View ArticleGov 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...
View ArticleLegislators 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...
View ArticleExperts 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....
View ArticlePolis 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...
View ArticleAG 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....
View ArticleLawmakers 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...
View ArticleCOVID-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...
View ArticleEnforcing 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...
View ArticleA 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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