colorado association of commerce and industry
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Business groups urge legislative fix to Colorado public pension
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A group of well-known Colorado business associations has a message for state lawmakers. Essentially, it’s to stop screwing around and work on the underfunded public employees’ pension plan, because for the state’s economy is on the line. Colorado Politics obtain the open letter signed by the Common Sense Policy Roudtable, Colorado Concern, Colorado Association of…
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Colorado paid leave passes first hearing, requires all workers buy insurance
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A Democrat-led House committee gave another celebrated approval – along party lines – for a proposed family and medical leave insurance program for Colorado. Democrats passed a leave bill out of the House last year (without a single GOP) vote last year, and it was quickly squashed by the Republican majority in the Senate, at is…
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Contenders in guv’s race will strut their stuff at a CACI candidates forum
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As the state’s chamber of commerce, the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry is a voice for the state’s business community, a mover and shaker at the Capitol and a catalyst for civic action. It’s also a convener at large in state politics, bringing together top elected officials as well as hopefuls for public office…
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Former CIA, NSA chiefs talk cybersecurity in Denver
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The increasingly polarized political dialogue in the United States is due, at least in part, to Russian manipulation of social issues, according to two national security experts who visited Denver Thursday. The panel on cybersecurity took place during a luncheon hosted by the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, the state’s chamber of commerce. It…
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Holland and Hart’s Anderson to chair state’s big biz group
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Prominent and politically plugged-in Denver attorney Jon Anderson was elected 2017-18 chair today by the Board of Directors at the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry. Anderson, a partner at prestigious law firm Holland and Hart who once served as chief counsel to then-Gov. Bill Owens, long has been a go-to guy in state Republican…
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LOMAX: There’s much more agreement than conflict on Colorado energy issues
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News values are used by reporters and editors to determine which events to cover and how much prominence to give them. They include things like impact, timeliness, proximity and the element of surprise. But in politics, there’s one news value that dominates: Conflict. There are good reasons for this, but when the search for conflict…
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Q&A w/Loren Furman: Lobbying isn’t ‘dinners and parties’; politics isn’t smoke-filled rooms
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Loren Furman is one of the Colorado business community’s most influential voices. Not the kind of voice that publicly trumpets business interests from the tops of Denver’s tallest skyscrapers; she’s the kind who quietly promotes those interests deep in the corridors of power at Colorado’s Capitol and beyond. As senior vice president of the Colorado…
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Rallying Colorado’s business community for NAFTA, free trade
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A leading voice of Colorado business statewide, the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, pretty reliably leans Republican on most of its policy stances even as it tries to maintain good relations with both parties at the statehouse. But there’s one issue – international trade – that divides the GOP itself in the era of Donald Trump. And CACI…
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The headliners at CACI’s upcoming congressional luncheon have been literally making headlines
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So, seven members of Congress walk into a luncheon with a bunch of business bigwigs and … … Well, we’ll be able to finish that joke after we find out if all the “invited panelists” – Colorado’s seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives – actually show up for the Colorado Association of Commerce and…
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Colorado tech startups get a boost from legislation OK’d by House
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The House approved a bipartisan plan Wednesday to extend and expand incentives for investment in new tech ventures in Colorado. Startups that would benefit include bioscience, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy, electronics, engineering and information technology businesses. Under House Bill 1090, the current tax credit of up to $50,000 for investing in a tech startup through the end of this year would…
