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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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Small business group urges curbing governor’s emergency powers
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Colorado small business owners want to curb the governor’s emergency powers, according to an annual poll conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business of its members in the state. The group’s survey, released on Wednesday, also shows its members reject any move to tax services. Tony Gagliardi, the group’s state director, described the emergency powers…
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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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Holiday work parties with mistletoe, booze give legal hangovers, says NFIB
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Bless him for forethought or curse him as a buzzkill, but the ever-cheerful Tony Gagliardi, the Colorado state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, deserves some kind of credit for the holiday advice out his home office this week. The NFIB released its wise words for holiday parties, so the small-business organization that…
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Colorado’s small biz community says thanks for lightening their load
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The National Federation of Independent Business in Colorado — the steadfast voice at the Capitol for the state’s small businesses — heaped praise this week on the Republican-run state Senate as well as our Democratic governor. Their praiseworthy deeds? Supporting legislation to ease the complicated and cumbersome burden of sales-tax compliance on the state’s mom…
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ICYMI: ‘Rolling coal,’ pot water rights, switchblades and more
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? If you ride your bike along busy streets or even highways, you’re probably aware of what “rolling coal” means. For those who don’t, a bill before state lawmakers may not matter, but those who do are pretty excited. The Colorado Independent reported the legislation would impose a $100 traffic fine on motorists who change…
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Case given new life that could throw state’s elections system in flux
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The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday sent a case back to a lower court that could leave future funding for state and local elections in jeopardy. The case, filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, claims that businesses carry an unfair burden of the cost of funding state and county elections. The business group…
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Gagliardi preps small business troops for legislative battle
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Tony Gagliardi, head of the state’s small business caucus, sought to gird members for the long days and nights that lie just ahead at the Capitol, when battles over taxes, housing development laws and health care and regulatory reform heat up. He was talking informally in a committee room on Friday before the legislative chambers…
