CBS4 News’ Shaun Boyd broke gave an ad from Proposition 118 supporters a reality check, finding that many of its assertions relating to cost and affordability are not based on facts. Watch the video on denver.cbslocal.com.
DBJ: What’s at stake for business in Colorado’s state Senate races
By Ed Sealover for the Denver Business Journal. Colorado’s House and Senate chambers, both held by Democrats the past two years, aren’t flipping to Republicans in the November election, political observers say. But the margin by which Democrats control them — particularly the Senate — could have a big impact on business issues. While a […]
Colorado Chamber Elects Rachel Nance as Board Chair
For media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Meyer at [email protected]. DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce today announced the election of Rachel Nance as 2020-21 Board Chair. Nance is director of strategic accounts for Xcel Energy. “The Colorado business community has taken extraordinary steps amid an unprecedented global crisis to adapt and weather the storm […]
FOX 31: Paid family and medical leave on the ballot for Colorado voters
The Colorado Chamber’s Loren Furman spoke with Fox 31 News about Prop 118 this week: “The way it’s proposed, through the ballot initiative, is not sustainable. This tax, the more people that use the program, the more expensive it becomes. That’s the dilemma, really, that proponents have right now,” Loren Furman of the Colorado Chamber […]
DENVER POST: Colorado Proposition 118 would create state-run paid family and medical leave
Employers and employees would split the cost On Nov. 3, voters will be asked to decide Proposition 118, a ballot measure that would create a state-run paid family and medical leave insurance program for Colorado workers. The program would give employees up to 12 weeks of paid leave annually — a weekly maximum of $1,100 […]
Colorado Chamber Celebrates MFG Day
Happy National Manufacturing Day! MFG Day—organized nationally by The Manufacturing Institute—is manufacturing’s biggest annual opportunity to inspire the next generation about the industry and careers in modern manufacturing—and to say: “Creators Wanted.” Amid a global pandemic, events may look different, but these collective efforts are as important now as ever. Launched annually on the first […]
Colorado Chamber Statement on Colorado Manufacturing Month
For media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Meyer at [email protected]. DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce today released the following statement from Chuck Berry, President of the Colorado Chamber, regarding Colorado Manufacturing Month: The manufacturing community it vital to the fabric of Colorado. It represents the men and women across the state who make things […]
Colorado Chamber Votes to Support Amendment 77 on November Ballot
The Colorado Chamber’s Executive Committee this week voted to support Amendment 77, which would give more gaming options and revenue to the three gaming cities in Colorado – Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek. Specifically, the proposal would amend the Colorado Constitution to allow voters in the three gaming cities to support increase betting […]
DBJ: Business groups urge governor, Colorado regulators to not adopt 2,000-foot oil well setbacks
By Ed Sealover for the Denver Business Journal A collection of 41 Colorado businesses and business groups are asking Gov. Jared Polis and the state’s top oil and gas regulators to reconsider requiring oil and gas wells be at least 2,000 feet from homes. The letter, sent Monday, argued the 2,000-foot well setback being considered by the commissioners […]
New Report Reveals Prop 118 Could Run Out of Money Almost Immediately
A new report released by the nonpartisan Common Sense Institute (CSI) this week has found that Proposition 118, a ballot measure which would create a paid family and medical leave insurance program in Colorado, would likely require a higher payroll tax than projected to remain solvent. If passed, Prop 118 would impose an initial .9% […]