Author: The Sum & Substance
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Legislators at odds on broadband right-of-way fees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While state broadband officials ready their action plan to expand fiber to 99% of Colorado, a dispute over the amount of fees that telecommunications companies must pay to install lines along public rights of way has stalled dueling legislative efforts to define those fees. A…
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Negotiations defuse concerns about workers’ compensation bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An expected high-profile legislative debate over expansion of workers’ compensation benefits has ended even before it started, as business groups and workers’ comp attorneys agreed to a compromise that will grow payouts to a limited…
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Property tax commission narrowing in on proposals that differ from ballot initiatives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of a commission tasked with developing a long-term solution to Colorado’s spiking property-tax values heard from proponents of competing ballot measures on the subject this month — and indicated that they’d prefer a solution different from what is being offered. Legislators approved creation of…