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Fight over credit card ‘swipe fees’ attracts nearly 200 lobbyists in Colorado
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One of the most expensive fights of the 2026 session got a little closer to being over on Friday, when the Colorado Senate took a second final vote on the proposal to eliminate “swipe fees” on sales taxes. It’s not exactly a David and Goliath story. It’s more like Goliath versus Goliath. Also known as…
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Big-box retailers push credit-card legislation undermining local economies | OPINION
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By Brett Wyss Having spent more than two decades in community banking, including guiding a local institution through the Great Recession, I’ve seen firsthand how fragile financial confidence can be and how essential community trust is to a healthy economy. Stable, secure financial systems matter to families and business owners alike. In Colorado, small businesses…
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Colorado had no ability to prosecute New York woman for unauthorized credit card use, appeals court rules
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Douglas County prosecutors had no basis to pursue charges of identity theft and unauthorized use of a financial device against a woman in New York whose conduct occurred entirely outside of Colorado, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. Erin Brennan and her children lived in New York and her ex-husband moved to Colorado after…