Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A renewed push is under way in Colorado to allow grocery stores to sell full-strength beer and wine. Your Choice Colorado — a coalition backed by King Soopers, Safeway and Wal-Mart — conducted media events across the state, including one in Grand Junction, to kick off a campaign to change […]
A great deal has been made of the fact that in previous Republican presidential debates, the most conspicuous casualty has been discussion of serious questions of policy and that, by contrast, the Democratic debate was brimming with policy. Never mind that a crowded stage of 14 candidates all vying for a memorable soundbite is more […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The administrators of two Colorado banking groups praise proposed federal legislation easing the regulatory burden on smaller community banks. The Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act passed the House of Representatives on a 411-0 voice vote on Oct. 6 and is headed to the Senate. A second measure titled the […]
The tragedy of another mass murder is upon us — and with it the search for an answer to the motivations of the shooter. Such events provoke tendentious reactions on both sides of the political spectrum, and President Barack Obama’s response to the horror was typical of those offered by the political left, a reflexive […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A series of videos broadcast on C-SPAN will showcase the history and some of the historical figures of the Grand Valley to a national audience of the cable television channel. Charter Communications hosted a premier at the Dinosaur Journey museum in Fruita showing three of the videos produced as part […]
I flogged my way through the second, and seemingly interminable, GOP presidential debate. As a side note, I find it exceedingly generous to call these episodes “debates.” Maybe I’m a purist, but a debate features two sides offering structured arguments in support or opposition of a question. The latest event had 11 sides, a barrel […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times An effort called Build a Better Colorado is under way to address what organizers see as structural problems in Colorado, including fiscal policy reform, the ballot initiative process and electoral reform. Reeves Brown, a former director of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and former executive director of Club 20, […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Scott Tipton and Michael Bennet both emphasize their efforts to push for federal legislation that benefits business, whether its regulatory and tax reforms, trade promotion or transportation funding. The two members of the Colorado congressional delegation disagreed, though, over an agreement with Iran to lift sanctions in exchange for constraints […]
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Ky., clerk, has made quite a name for herself, first by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — or anyone else, for that matter — and then going to jail for disobeying a court order demanding she do so. The reaction to these events has demonstrated remarkable inconsistency […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Business groups oppose a labor ruling they warn could have far-reaching implications, particularly for franchise operations and subcontractors. “This is a horrendous decision that will kill franchise businesses,” said Tony Gagliardi, Colorado director for the National Federation of Independent Business. Diane Schwenke, president and chief executive officer of the Grand […]