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Optimism among small businesses below average for 20th month in a row: Report
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Attitudes among small business owners have been bleak for nearly two years straight, according to a new national report. The National Federation of Independent Business’ monthly small business optimism index decreased by 0.6 of a point last month, reaching 91.3. This marks the 20th consecutive month optimism rates fell below the 49-year average of 98. The…
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Colorado business trade group wants Jared Polis to veto 3 bills
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A business trade group wants Gov. Jared Polis to veto three bills, including legislation to ban employers from asking for an applicant’s age. The Colorado chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business asked Polis to veto a proposal on the state’s equal pay mandates and a bill that updates the definition of harassment and…
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Q&A with Tony Gagliardi | Speaking up for small business is his business
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Tony Gagliardi gives high praise to the veteran lobbyists at the Capitol who helped him launch his own career in the business decades ago. But give credit, as well, to his experience earlier in life as a jack of all trades. As he recounts in today’s Q&A, Gagliardi has at turns worked in law enforcement,…
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SLOAN | Who knew? Keeping more of your money is actually a good thing
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The war over the efficacy of tax reductions, like taxes themselves, is perennial, the neo-Keynesian opponents of tax relief proving stubbornly resistant to evidence. Colorado was chosen as the location for launching the inaugural salvo in the latest campaign to demonstrate to the doubters that, yes, it’s really true: allowing people to keep more of…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Teachers union backs Neguse in 2nd CD Dem primary
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There isn’t much time left for politicians and organizations to announce their endorsements in Colorado’s primary races. Ballots will be arriving in mailboxes within a few weeks and voters will be soon be voting, so expect a flood of announcements by early June from the big enchiladas who want to help their favored candidates win.…
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Income tax rate reduction bill clears Senate Finance Committee
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Senate Republicans Tuesday championed a bill on tax cuts that would spend down some of the estimated $1 billion revenue surplus expected by state economists in 2018-19. Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City and his number two, Senate President Pro tem Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling, are the sponsors of Senate Bill 61, which would…
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National Federation of Independent Business forecasts Hickenlooper’s last State of the State
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Tony Gagliardi, Colorado state director for the National Federation of Independent Business since 2005, knows Colorado Politics, so he’s a reliable source on what Gov. John Hickenlooper’s last State of the State address might sound like. The governor is term-limited after eight years, so now is the time for him to start penning his legacy…
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Colorado NFIB giddy over latest economic news, but legislature could do more
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Yeah, that’s good, but … That was the reaction of the rarely satisfied Tony Gagliardi, Colorado state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, after his national organization released a report Tuesday heralding economic optimism of its members. Just think of how happy they could be if the legislature would cut them some slack…
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Colorado business groups urge Congress to delay insurance tax
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Colorado business groups are asking Congress to delay reinstating a tax on insurers, which could be passed on to small businesses in higher insurance costs. Colorado Politics told you Friday about the Health Insurance Tax that business groups and insurance companies hoped would perish from the Affordable Care Act this year. The Obamacare assessment on…
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Advocate for small businesses gives Colorado General Assembly a grade of B- for session
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Colorado’s largest association of small businesses gave the General Assembly’s just-completed session a grade of B- in a legislative report card issued this week. Split control of the House and Senate led to missed opportunities, said Tony Gagliardi, Colorado director for the National Federation of Independent Business, which counts 7,000 members in the state. He…
