business climate
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Fields: Governor’s executive order would hurt ratepayers
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Gov. John Hickenlooper believes he knows best when it comes to Colorado’s energy economy. Recently leaked documents show that he is drafting an executive order requiring power plants in Colorado to reduce their CO2 emissions. Instead of building a consensus, respecting the role of the Legislature in creating laws, the governor apparently wants to exercise the…
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Cadman: Session much more successful than advertised
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It’s that time of year again – the legislative interim – when our media friends and editorial writers draw sweeping but invariably distorted conclusions about “what the session really meant.” These are the same people who spent months largely ignoring the bipartisan successes while hyping partisan flaps, proclaiming that rancorous “partisanship” blocked passage of all…
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Scheffel: Session showcased clear divide on economic issues
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It is often overlooked that much of what the General Assembly can do in any given session, from the annual budget on down, directly depends on the strength and vitality of Colorado’s private sector economy. The state’s economy is the team of horses that pulls everything else along, including government. Virtually every dollar spent at…
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Wasden and Golden: Legislature needs to work with business instead of against it
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Dear members of the Colorado General Assembly: Please, pump the breaks. Take a breath and do what we were all taught in elementary school and “just say no.” The onslaught of anti-business bills being run this year, many borne out of election-year politicking, is threatening the Colorado so many know and love. During the recent…
