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Senate kills Williams bill to allow Wal-Mart to sell full-strength liquor
The Colorado Senate on Monday narrowly voted down a bill that would have allowed Wal-Mart to sell full-strength beer, wine and liquor by clearing up a statute passed last year. This as the state begins expanding the number of liquor licenses grocery and big box stores can acquire over the next 20 years. Described by backers…
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Colorado alcohol debate still bubbling despite new law
Colorado isn’t done arguing about where alcohol should be sold. A bill moving through the state Senate would allow more Walmarts and other big-box stores to sell liquor, not just beer and wine. It’s a spirited debate less than a year after Colorado made its biggest alcohol change since the end of Prohibition by allowing…
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Senate committee OKs condo construction bill to require arbitration
A Republican-sponsored bill to require condominium owners and builders to submit disputes over construction problems to arbitration or mediation passed its first hurdle Monday, winning bipartisan approval in a Senate committee. But opponents call the legislation’s central component a nonstarter and predict the bill will meet its demise in the Democratic-controlled House, despite plenty of…
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Duran says she’ll monitor GOP bill to steer construction complaints to arbitration
House Speaker Crisanta Duran said this week she intends to monitor a Republican-sponsored Senate bill aimed at encouraging construction of condominiums by changing how disputes over construction problems are resolved and “see what shape it takes” as it makes its way to the House. She also noted that the legislation – Senate Bill 156, “Homeowners’…
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Coalition of mayors call on Legislature to pass construction defects reform legislation
A bipartisan coalition of metro-area mayors on Thursday called on members of the Legislature to pass Republican-sponsored legislation aimed at spurring condominium construction by adjusting the rules for settling disputes over construction defects. And while the bill the mayors are backing bears plenty of similarities to legislation that has been blocked by Democrats in recent…