Sale of tax credits to balance budget hasn’t been as popular as legislators hoped
Last year, in their continuous search for new ways of funding state programs, Colorado legislators authorized the sale of as much as $250 million in…
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May 15 “Colorado Inside Out”: Legislative wins and losses
In this week’s “Colorado Inside Out” episode on Colorado Public Television, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic initiatives…
2026 Colorado legislative analysis: A year in which business concerns were heard
At a time when “do no harm” has become the bar for success set by Colorado business leaders each legislative session, even that goal seemed…
Sponsors kill two bills to roll back $450 million in business tax breaks
Colorado businesses will not be losing some $450 million in tax breaks that looked as good as gone one week ago, after the Senate Finance…
Amendments and delays jeopardize massive tax-break rollback package
A tax-break rollback package that was set to generate a half-billion dollars for a new Family Affordability Credit began taking cuts itself on Thursday —…
House passes tax package to end $555 million in business tax breaks
Colorado House members approved a sprawling four-bill tax package Monday that will reduce business tax breaks by more than $550 million annually to fund a…
April 13 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: A package of major tax-break rollbacks
Colorado legislators have begun advancing a package of bills that could reduce tax breaks by a combined $746 million, largely to businesses. And on this…
Proposals to raise alcohol taxes and fees fall flat in Colorado Legislature
A Colorado House committee rejected two attempts in the past two days to raise taxes or fees on beer, wine and spirits sales, heeding pleas…
March 16 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Alcohol tax and fee proposals
Two bills set for their first hearings at the Colorado Legislature this week would increase taxes or fees on beer, wine and spirits sales to fund…
Bills seek to make alcohol producers pay more for substance-abuse, mental-health treatment
Alcohol is big business in Colorado. Centennial State breweries are responsible for more than 61,000 jobs. Western Slope wineries help to drive tourism to the…