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Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
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While state broadband officials ready their action plan to expand fiber to 99% of Colorado, a dispute over the amount of fees that telecommunications companies must pay to install lines along public rights of way has stalled dueling legislative efforts to define those fees. A bipartisan quartet of legislators introduced Senate Bill 91 just two…
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Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
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While state broadband officials ready their action plan to expand fiber to 99% of Colorado, a dispute over the amount of fees that telecommunications companies must pay to install lines along public rights of way has stalled dueling legislative efforts to define those fees. A bipartisan quartet of legislators introduced Senate Bill 91 just two…
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Negotiations defuse concerns about workers’ compensation bill
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An expected high-profile legislative debate over expansion of workers’ compensation benefits has ended even before it started, as business groups and workers’ comp attorneys agreed to a compromise that will grow payouts to a limited number of recipients. The House Business Affairs & Labor Committee recently gave unanimous backing to a significantly rewritten House Bill…
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Negotiations defuse concerns about workers’ compensation bill
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An expected high-profile legislative debate over expansion of workers’ compensation benefits has ended even before it started, as business groups and workers’ comp attorneys agreed to a compromise that will grow payouts to a limited number of recipients. The House Business Affairs & Labor Committee recently gave unanimous backing to a significantly rewritten House Bill…
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Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
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Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject this month — and indicated that they’d prefer a solution different from what is being offered. Legislators approved creation of the Commission on Property Tax during a November special session…
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Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
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Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject this month — and indicated that they’d prefer a solution different from what is being offered. Legislators approved creation of the Commission on Property Tax during a November special session…
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Colorado proposal would reverse major business concessions in new manufacturing emissions rules
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A trio of Democratic legislators has introduced a bill that would overturn several major concessions that business leaders won in a rulemaking process last year that set first-of-their-kind emissions regulations on the state’s largest manufacturers. Rep. Mike Weissman of Aurora, a prime sponsor of both the new House Bill 1339 and the 2021 Environmental Justice Act that…
