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Q&A with Kelly Brough | Denver chamber’s chief weighs in on Olympics, #MeToo and more
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Among the heavier hitters in the Denver metro business community – and in Colorado politics – is Kelly Brough. As president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, she wields the kind of clout in the political forum that you’d expect of someone who serves as a voice for some 3,000 Denver-area businesses…
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Election officials launch campaign to help unaffiliated voters cast ballots for first time in primary
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For the first time, Colorado’s unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the June 26 primary election without having to join a party – and they’ll have some help figuring it all out from an 8-foot, yellow, inflatable U. Secretary of State Wayne Williams kicked off the campaign Friday in Grand Junction with his predecessor Bernie…
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Updated: Transportation ballot initiative could seek money only for local Colorado needs
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Update: The paperwork for a new ballot initiative was filed by a statewide coalition of business interests. It has two parts, the chamber said after filing it, much of it Colorado Politics previewed last week. A sales tax increase of 0.35 percent to address local and multimodal projects. Forty percent will go to municipalities, 40…
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Poll shows Trump backers strongly support path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’ as part of border security deal
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Republican and conservative voters – including President Donald Trump’s base supporters – overwhelmingly approve of providing a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers in exchange for increased border security, according to a national poll released this week that drew praise from Colorado business groups. The survey found that 86 percent of Trump backers support protecting Dreamers…
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Colorado coalition has 4 ballot issues to hike sales tax for transportation
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And they’re back. Colorado Politics told you a couple of weeks ago that this was coming: a basket of proposals to pay for jammed highways, transit and other long-neglected transportation needs in Colorado. Here are the offers: a sales tax by 0.5 percent, 0.62 percent or 1 percent, and then a fourth possibility would ask for…
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Denver chamber to drop ballot question to raise state sales tax for roads
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Update: The chamber said Thursday morning it will hold off on filing paperwork a few more days while it works out some details. A chamber official initially expected to file the initial request with the Secretary of State’s Office Friday. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will submit paperwork within the next week to get…
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Denver Metro Chamber announces first round of bill endorsements
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The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Wednesday rolled out their first round of endorsements, or not, of legislation introduced in the first full week of the General Assembly. And it’s as notable for what they endorsed, or didn’t endorse, or didn’t address at all. Topping the list, Senate Bill 1, the transportation package backed by…
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Denver Metro Chamber selling seats to its Jan. 4 legislative preview
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Registration is open but seats will fill up fast for the legislative preview and who’s-who confab put on by the Denver Metro Chamber of the Commerce, the Colorado Competitive Council and the Denver Business Journal. The fifth annual breakfast is Jan. 4 at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center. You can register…
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Denver Chamber’s Kelly Brough deplores death of transportation funding referendum
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Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, lamented the demise late Tuesday of bipartisan legislation that would have asked Colorado voters for a sales-tax increase to fund transportation needs, saying that lawmakers’ failure to fund infrastructure is harming the state’s economy. “We know that Colorado needs a statewide funding source…