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.
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Survey: Vast majority of Colorado employers offer telework during pandemic
Nearly nine in 10 employers offer partial or full teleworking during the pandemic, a late-July survey from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce has found. Three-fifths of companies that responded said remote working has not affected their productivity. The remainder were evenly split between businesses experiencing an increase in productivity and a decrease. Read the complete article by […]
Workers Have Been Able To Return To Offices With Some Restrictions Since May, But Most Colorado Companies Are Keeping People Home
A vast majority of businesses — 87 percent — are offering full or partial remote working options, according to a survey conducted by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce this week. The survey represents roughly 50 companies of varying sizes and industries. More than 60 percent of respondents said remote working had no impact on productivity. Still, 18 […]
INSIGHTS | Colorado lawmakers ditch expectations in dizzying re-session
Loren Furman is an unflappable political veteran, as cool a customer as I know in the marketplace of ideas; always positive, always in command of the issues, always the clearest voice in the room. Read the complete article by Joey Bunch at The Gazette.com
Bill to end tax breaks whittled down after massive outreach campaign from Colorado business owners
After a session in which businesses have been on the defensive on issues ranging from presumption that coronavirus-addled employees had caught the disease at work to creation of a new earned-paid-sick-leave mandate, they felt relieved Saturday that their voices appeared to have been heard, said Loren Furman, senior vice president of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. “I think it […]
Colorado Democrats pare back bill eliminating tax breaks to reach accord with governor, business interests
Loren Furman, a lobbyist for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, said businesses interests have been working with Democrats on the legislation for days “trying to figure out how we could resolve the catastrophic language that was in the bill that the House introduced on Monday.” She said those discussions proved fruitful. “When, I think, the […]