2021 Press
DECEMBER
Dot Org: Good Business Colorado
NOVEMBER
Polis proposes business-friendly budget
OCTOBER
Good Business CO visits Lake County
GOOD BUSINESS COLORADO SETS OCT. 4 VISIT TO LEADVILLE
Good Business Colorado to host educational event for Summit businesses owners
August
Op-Ed: Restaurant Labor Shortage Demands a Values-Centric Food-Service Culture
Job hiring tool helps aims businesses in Colorado
Colorado restaurant worker shortages lead to wage hikes, price hikes — and fear
Resilient Restaurants launches hiring tool
Business Roundup: Program launching tool to help businesses retain workers, NBS week
JuLY
Restaurants cook up new wage models
June
News briefs: Plastic bill, gun bills and COVID testing
Avon effort to ban Styrofoam could be revived under proposed law
May
Colorado health option bill still awaiting action from Senate committee
Sen. Winter, Rep. Gray: It’s time for Congress to catch up to Colorado on paid family leave
Former Buffalo Exchange employees file lawsuit alleging sexual assault, harassment, negligence
April
This Is How Bad Denver Real Estate Bidding Wars Have Gotten
A COLORADO COMPANY IS BRINGING BEES TO ROOFS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
Businesses knock Democrat-backed legislation on anti-discrimination, health insurance costs
OPINION | Public option a life saver for small business
After months of negotiations, public option bill finally heading to its first hearing
My family in Colorado has adapted to COVID, but I worry for my Brazilian relatives
Colorado wants to lower health care costs. But not everyone agrees the state should get involved.
March
Colorado Democrats introduce public option bill to create nonprofit-managed health insurance plan
Campaign to advocate for the Colorado Health Benefit Option bill launches
February
Lawmakers focus on small business relief
Colorado legislators, Denver councilwoman target single-use plastics in new proposals
Press Release: GOOD BUSINESS COLORADO ECHOS GOVERNOR POLIS’ POSITIVE TONE
OPINION | Guv's green 'roadmap' could use a few tweaks
January
THE FIRST-YEARS | New faces under the Gold Dome shine with new perspectives
2020 Press
December
Colorado Edition: What Can You Control?
What’s Working: Two weeks until the end of unemployment benefits for 150,000 Coloradans and counting
Opinion: Colorado needs to get on track to meet greenhouse-gas targets
When business is bad, government has to be better
“Band-Aid on a volcano”: Colorado’s stimulus efforts don’t buy a struggling state much time
Good Business Colorado nationally recognized for paid sick leave campaign
How Colorado Got Even Libertarians to Support Paid Family Leave
November
Boulder County, Front Range businesses weigh impact of paid family leave
Colorado restaurants worry the governor’s latest coronavirus restrictions are the final blow
Colorado businesses get mixed results from 2020 election ballot initiatives
October
How Colorado employers should prepare for newly approved paid family leave law
Guest commentary: Family leave is critical, even for a small business on thin margins
What is Proposition 118 in Colorado?
Opinion: Vote ‘yes’ on paid leave to support small businesses
COLORADO VOTERS COULD BE FIRST TO PASS PAID FAMILY LEAVE BY BALLOT MEASURE
INSIGHTS | Colorado’s paid leave vote sums up the cost of compassion
Paid family and medical leave on the ballot for Colorado voters
Prop. 118 would create family, medical leave insurance plan
Breaking down the arguments on Colorado's paid family leave initiative
September
GOOD BUSINESS COLORADO, GIVING VOICE TO THE MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS
COUNTERPOINT | Paid leave a wise biz investment
August
Paid family and medical leave initiative makes the ballot
LCC Chat with Graciela Rocha from Good Business Colorado Talks about how they help small business.
Economy of Scale: Why Colorado restaurants will never be the same - if they survive at all
Episode 95: Debra Brown and Karen Moldovon of Good Business Colorado
July
The Best Food and Drink Events on the Culinary Calendar This Week
June
The restaurant business model is unsustainable in coronavirus times
New statewide restaurant group working on survey for Colorado needs
May
How a global beverage company got a small-business loan in Colorado
April
We helped 150 Colorado companies navigate the coronavirus. Here’s what we learned.
march
Salida business alliance discusses resources for business owners during covid-19 pandemic
Stakeholders line up, take sides on pending 'public option' for health coverage
Colorado’s democratic governor demanding private insurers be given the state’s family leave program
Small businesses in Colorado eye paid family leave warily, but is it justified?
Paid sick leave for workers awaiting coronavirus test results covered by Gov. Polis’ directive
Democratic lawmakers, state treasurer roll out secure savings retirement plan
February
These policies will ease the burden on Colorado's small businesses
Good Business Colorado Offers Ten Ideas to Help Businesses Be Heard in the 2020 U.S. Census
Groups supporting public option pen a letter to Colorado lawmakers
Leave Fl and move to CO, where LGBTQ people are protected, group urges
Ad campaign calls for people to leave Florida for LGBTQ-friendly Colorado
Group buys ads to urge people to ditch Florida for Colorado
Good Business says to LBGTQ Floridians: Come to Colorado
Colorado Group Produces Ad Asking Florida’s LGBTQ Community to Move to State
Colorado Flips the Script on Florida When It Comes to Getting Businesses and Jobs to Relocate
Need a change? Move to 'welcoming' Colorado
Colorado group tries to draw Floridians with LGBTQ+ advertisement
Move to Colorado, Floridians. We respect, protect LGBTQ — and everyone else
Colorado’s paid family leave bill in crisis as sponsors bail
Latest version of Colorado paid-family-leave bill blasted from all sides
The Question That Could Doom Paid Family Leave In Colorado: Public Or Private?
More than 40% of Coloradans don’t have a retirement plan at work. The state seeks to change that.
January
5 key issues for businesses in the 2020 Colorado legislative session
Transportation, education and justice on the legislative agenda
Local business owners ID health care, tax policies and affordable housing as priorities
Labor Department Adopts New Colorado Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Rule
2019 Press
March
Vote on Colorado paid family leave bill delayed after businesses push back during 7-hour hearing
Business groups show up at Colorado Capitol to oppose paid family leave
PRESS RELEASE: Good Business Colorado: “FAMLI is a Win for Business”
Paid family leave is a $1 billion bill that’s worth the cost
Paid family leave passes first Colorado legislative test despite continued business opposition
Medical-leave bill clears panel
Employee-leave bill advances; Senate hearing during blizzard draws complaint
Leadership defends keeping Colorado Senate open during bomb cyclone
Senate Democrats advance paid family leave bill during blizzard
Family Leave Bill Keeps From Choosing Between Illness And Paycheck
Colorado paid family leave gets initial approval — with break for smallest businesses
Battle with business heats up over Colorado Democrats’ family-leave proposal
FAMLI legislation: Program would benefit employers and employees alike
Bill that would allow local minimum-wage hikes in Colorado takes first step forward
Here's what is in the paid-family-leave bill coming this week at the Colorado Legislature
February
Moms rising pushes for paid family and medical leave
Colorado bill would let cities, counties set minimum wage
Democrats Revive Bill to Let Colorado Cities Set Their Own Minimum Wage
Legislative Efforts to Return Local Control Over Wage Options
Bill introduced to let Colorado cities, counties set minimum wage
Local wage option legislation introduced in the House
State Lawmakers Consider Minimum Wage Increase Depending On Region
Minimum wage could vary across Colorado if proposed bill becomes law
First-term State Rep. Galindo co-sponsoring, promoting Local Wage Option bill
Colorado Democrats bring back twice-killed bill to allow cities, counties to raise minimum wage
Colorado Democrats seek to let Denver, other cities raise their minimum wage
Fight at the Colorado State Capitol could change who sets minimum wage
From the Editorial Advisory Board: Family leave
The minimum wage debate: Should Colorado cities set their own minimum?
Business and Professional Women of Denver
January
THE PODIUM | An alternative small-business agenda for the 2019 session
Colorado business facing uphill, defensive legislative session in 2019
2018 Press Releases
MAY
Small Business Owners to tell elected officials: “Restore net neutrality”
Colorado Businesses Celebrate Civil Rights Division Win
APRIL
House Biz Committee Hears Bills to Help Employers and Employees
Colorado Businesses Concerned About Civil Rights Division Reauthorization
Colorado Businesses Call for Clean Civil Rights Division Reauthorization
MARCH
FAMLI Act Moves One Step Closer to Helping Employees, Employers & Families
Good Business Colorado: “The Civil Rights Division is Good for Colorado Businesses”
february
Good Business Colorado Will Advocate for Responsible Public Policy
Legislators, supporters rally for CO FAMLI Act
Businesses Call for Restoration of Civil Rights Commission Funding
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