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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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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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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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New poll, same finding — costs have consequences
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All is quiet on the minimum-wage front at the moment, but don’t think last year’s passage of Amendment 70 is any long-term cease fire. Advocates for higher rates will kick off the 2018 session of the Colorado General Assembly with a push to let cities and counties set their own minimum-wage rates. New research put…
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Voice of small biz in Colorado tips hat to Hick for signing business-friendly bills
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We noted last month after the 2017 session was gaveled to a close that the National Federation of Independent Business in Colorado had given lawmakers a B- overall for their work. While the grade wasn’t too shabby, as we also noted, longtime NFIB state Director Tony Gagliardi didn’t hold back criticism of the legislature for…
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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…
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Colorado’s small biz advocate issues its legislative report card…
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…and the 2017 session’s grade is: B- That’s the assessment of the National Federation of Independent Business in Colorado and its longtime state director, Tony Gagliardi. NFIB, which bills itself as the state’s largest and leading small-business association, is a pit bull in standing up for Colorado mom ‘n’ pops. It usually leans right but isn’t shy about challenging others in the…
