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Colorado issue committees raise nearly $30 million to influence vote on ballot measures
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The handful of groups seeking your vote on statewide ballot measures in November are expected to raise more than $30 million by mid-October. As of Sept. 30, ten issue committees have raised a total of $29.3 million, with a decidedly-lopsided advantage for those who back three liquor-related ballot measures and another supporting the measure to…
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Wheat Ridge demands return of records detailing billionaire’s stake in liquor giant Applejack
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Saying the city released records it shouldn’t have, an attorney representing the city of Wheat Ridge is demanding the immediate return of dozens of pages of documents concerning a 2014 liquor license application for a new owner of Applejack Wine and Spirits obtained in March under the Colorado Open Records Act, The Colorado Statesman has…
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Late liquor license bill pits smaller stores against some local retail giants
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Legislation introduced Tuesday to permit independent liquor stores to amass more than twice as many licenses as last year’s landmark compromise allows has groups representing smaller merchants warning the move will devastate Colorado’s mom-and-pop retail landscape, but the bill’s sponsors and supporters say it’s simply an attempt to level the playing field. House Bill 1370,…
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Did a misinformation campaign kill this year’s liquor licensing cleanup compromise?
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A legislative effort to clean up last year’s hard-fought and widely bipartisan liquor licensing reform compromise died a surprise and dramatic death in the state Senate Monday. According to proponents, Senate Bill 143‘s demise by a narrow 18-17 vote was almost entirely due to misleading information, flat-out lies and a convolution of the process by a…
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Rival groups of liquor retailers kick up dust in legislative fight over spirit licenses
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The battle over Colorado’s liquor store landscape intensified Monday in the wake of a Senate vote that killed a bill to let Wal-Mart sell full-strength liquor in as many as 20 locations over the next two decades, among other tweaks to 2016 legislation that overhauled the state’s liquor licensing laws. And amid renewed threats of…
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Senate kills Williams bill to allow Wal-Mart to sell full-strength liquor
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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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Former brewer Hickenlooper weighs grocery store beer, wine sales
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A co-founder of Colorado’s first brewpub, Gov. John Hickenlooper has a tough call to make in this year’s politically-charged alcohol debate. He must decide whether or not to give his executive approval to a bi-partisan bill passed by the legislature that proponents say would protect mom-and-pop liquor stores from having their businesses overrun by out-of-state grocery corporations.…
