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Fight over credit card ‘swipe fees’ attracts nearly 200 lobbyists in Colorado
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
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
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…