Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Increased setbacks for oil and natural gas wells could cost jobs and led to economic losses in Colorado, a study concludes. The Business Research Division of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder conducted the study on behalf of the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, an economic […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Comments will be accepted through March 17 for proposed ozone rules supporters say are needed to improve air quality, but opponents counter could needlessly cost the economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced plans to tighten its national ambient air quality standards for […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A proposed increase in federal capital gains taxes could dampen business investment if implemented, a Grand Junction accountant believes. “In effect, it would dampen the desire of entrepreneurs and business owners to invest their capital,” said Chris West, a tax accounting principal at Dalby, Wendland and Co. President Barack Obama proposed […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Two Western Colorado groups have joined with local government officials in opposing a plan to use severance tax revenues to offset state refunds that could be required under constitutional limits. “It is a bad idea to take that money away from communities which need it to help with their own economies. […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The legislative session under way in Denver brings with it a new majority in the State Senate as well as some new faces from Mesa County. But many of the priorities for local lawmakers remain the same in more jobs and an improved economy along with less government regulation. “We […]
Much of the world was horrified by the savagery exhibited in Paris. That horror, at least in the West, was not so much that people had been killed — that happens regularly enough — but a response to the reason for which they were slaughtered: namely for the “crime” of publishing cartoons that displayed a […]
Democrats vented their anger over losing their grip on the U.S. Senate. A report issued by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee concerning CIA terrorist interrogation program serves no discernable purpose beyond political posturing and good theater in the wake of a major electoral defeat. There’s a process in place for reconciling the existential need […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Natural Soda, a sodium bicarbonate producer based in Rifle, has announced plans to expand its Piceance Basin processing facility and double production. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management sent out a news release on Dec. 8 announcing the start of a 14-day comment period as the agency prepares an environmental […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The transfer of federal lands to states could offer better access and management, but also raises legal issues. Moreover, problems associated with public lands management won’t go away under state ownership. Both sides of the issues surrounding public land transfers were debated during a Grand Junction forum hosted by Club […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A group of business leaders, community groups and elected officials has called for a more cooperation and less regulation for energy development, an approached termed the “West Slope way.” “The West Slope way is about collaboration, cooperation and education,” said Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese. Pugliese was among those who […]