republican agenda
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Panel strikes down Republican-backed tax exemption for prepared food
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One of the leading bills in this session’s Republican agenda met its end Monday after a state House panel voted down the effort to exempt prepared food from sales tax. Currently, food purchased to be prepared and eaten at home is already exempt from sales tax. If passed, House Bill 1062 would have expanded the…
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More than half of Republican bill package struck down in Colorado legislature
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Halfway through this year’s session, the Republican legislative agenda is not looking good, with more than 50% of the party’s “Commitment to Colorado” bill package already dead. Republican lawmakers unveiled the 44-bill package in January to address three core goals: affordability, education and public safety. As of Monday, Democrat-controlled committees have rejected 25 of them.…
