Colorado Chamber Members’ Input Needed: Senate Bill to Add Inflation Factor to Civil Lawsuit Damage Limits to be Heard Monday
House Speaker Becker’s TABOR Surplus Proposal
Discussions around the idea, which Becker first revealed at the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s Colorado Business Day luncheon in mid-January, are escalating in the absence of other ideas gaining traction on how to raise a substantial amount of money to address the $8.5 billion transportation infrastructure backlog that is estimated by the Colorado Department of Transportation. Read […]
HB-1025, “the Ban the Box” Proposal, Clears First House Committee
HB-1025 would, among other things, prohibit a business from asking about a job applicant’s criminal history on an employment application form, hence the name, “ban the box.” Majority House Democrats passed similar bills in 2017 and 2018 only to see them die in the Republican-controlled Senate. In both sessions, the Colorado Chamber opposed the bills […]
GOP Paid Family Leave Bill Dies
“Just offering some kind of tax incentive does give some relief to employers,” said Loren Furman, Colorado Chamber senior vice president of state and federal relations. “At the end of the day, they want to work with their workers, they want to keep them on the job.” Read the full article by Ed Sealover in the […]
Business Leaders Drop Opposition to ‘Ban the Box’ Bill as it Advances in Colorado Legislature
“That was a concern for employers that could be sued right out of the gate,” said Loren Furman, senior vice president of state and federal relations for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. Read the complete article by Ed Sealover in the Denver Business Journal.
Colorado Secretary of State Griswold Issues Report on Continued Strength of State’s Economy
Democrat Legislative Leaders Cover the Legislative Waterfront at Colorado Business Day Luncheon
The Colorado Sales-Tax Tarpit
Loren Furman, senior vice president of state and federal relations for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, said she’s heard suggestions from some members of her organization that the state should delay enforcement of tax-collection rules on local businesses until the system outlined in SB 6 is in place. But that could be seen as discriminatory […]
Colorado House Speaker Unveils Plan to Keep Excess Tax Revenues for Transportation, Education
Colorado legislative Democrats are hoping to offer voters a chance as soon as November to de-Bruce the Colorado state budget, at least temporarily, and to put the money the state retains to areas of need such as transportation, K-12 schools and higher education. House Speaker K.C. Becker, D-Boulder, confirmed the effort Thursday at the Colorado Chamber […]