labor and technology committee
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Colorado considers strengthening Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
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After working at the same company for over 20 years, Michelle Siemer said she was still paid less than the men she supervised. Siemer, an Eagle County mother of three, said she spent decades collecting accolades and additional responsibilities at her job. But while Siemer had the same duties as many of the male senior…
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Colorado lawmakers want to end speculative ticketing, other ‘deceptive’ ticket sale practices
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When Madonna announced her 40th anniversary world tour last month, ticket prices on numerous reselling websites quickly climbed into the thousands of dollars – though the original tickets had not yet gone on sale. This is a common practice in the event ticket industry known as “speculative ticketing,” in which companies resell tickets they do…
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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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Democrats say devil in details of Nevilles’ regulatory reform bill
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Leading Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday they’re in agreement with the broad intentions behind a key Senate bill aimed at easing regulatory burdens on small businesses but cautioned that they aren’t sold yet on the legislation’s particulars. Senate Bill 1, dubbed the “Regulatory Relief Act of 2017,” is sponsored by Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, and his…
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Newbie state Senators Fenberg, Smallwood step into the ring
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“Thank you,” newly elected state Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, said in a speech that launched the chamber’s business on its first day of the 71st General Assembly Wednesday. “And welcome … to all of the holdovers, the crossovers, the do-overs, our re-elected members and our two new members: Senators Fenberg and Smallwood,” he…
