DENVER (March 24, 2015) – Today the Colorado State Senate considered Senate Bill 15-045, a bill that would allow for Colorado families who choose private school for their children to receive a tax credit for doing so. The teacher-union-sympathetic Democrats, led by Sen. Mike Merrifield (D-Manitou Springs), argued that a “tax credit” is tantamount to a
During a House Education Committee hearing last Wednesday, while discussing House Bill 15-1200, Colorado Education Association (Colorado’s teacher union) President, Kerrie Dallman, admitted that under no circumstance should a teacher who performs excellently at their job be paid more, even if it would mean that no other teacher would be paid less than they are
DENVER (March 4, 2015) – After weeks of pressure from House and Senate Republicans as well as outside groups like Compass Colorado, Speaker Dickie Lee Hullinghorst finally allowed a supplemental funding bill that would clear the backlog of untested rape kits and fund the state toxicology lab to come to a vote in the House,
DENVER (March 3, 2015) – Colorado House Speaker Dickie Lee Hullinghorst has allowed a supplemental funding bill for the Department of Public Safety, which would fund the state toxicology lab and address the current backlog of untested rape kits, to stall in the House. In an interview with the Durango Herald’s Peter Marcus late last
DENVER (March 2, 2015) – Today the Colorado House Education Committee is considering House Bill 15-1221, requiring employers offer additional leave to parents in order to attend their children’s academic activities. While testifying against the bill, Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry’s Loren Furman testified: “There is no data showing employees are being denied leave
DENVER (February 26, 2015) – Today the Colorado House Committee on Insurance, Health and Environment will consider a bill by Rep. Jon Keyser, (R-Morrison) to require legislative oversight for employee bonuses at Connect for Health Colorado, Colorado’s Obamacare exchange. Last year, Connect for Health Colorado’s CEO Patty Fontneau received a $14,000 bonus, despite a botched
KDVREli StokolsDENVER — Senate Republicans again reminded their Democratic colleagues what it’s like being in the minority as they voted Wednesday afternoon to do away with the Pay Equity Commission, arguing that it’s a feckless body that hasn’t accomplished much.Democrats, while ostensibly angry about the 5-4 party-line vote by the GOP-controlled Senate Business, Labor and
Denver PostDavid MigoyaA Republican-led state Senate committee Wednesday voted to end the work of a commission whose task was to deal with issues of pay equity, prompting an angry response from labor groups.In a party-line 5-4 vote, the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee chose to end the commission's work.Colorado's Pay Equity Commission was created
Pagosa Daily PostBy Kelly MaherYesterday afternoon, the Colorado Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology rightly allowed Colorado’s Pay Equity Commission to sunset. This action came after hours of testimony from both small and large business-owning women, who called on Senators to not allow for the renewal of the Commission. Proponents of the sunset even
DENVER (January 21, 2015) – This afternoon the Colorado Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology will consider the sunset of the Colorado Pay Equity Commission. Without reauthorization, the committee will automatically discontinue operations, and Compass Colorado urges the Business, Labor and Technology Committee to allow just that.Since its creation, the Pay Equity Commission has
