Author: Rachael Wright
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6 mountain communities increase lodging taxes, 2 reject the tax hike
Six mountain communities across Colorado voted on Tuesday to raise their lodging taxes after the state legislature passed a bill allowing counties to triple such taxes and spend the money on a wider range of projects, including public infrastructure, childcare and housing for workers. Lodging tax increases passed in Eagle, Gilpin, Hinsdale, Ouray, Routt and…
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6 mountain communities increase lodging taxes, 2 reject the tax hike
Six mountain communities across Colorado voted on Tuesday to raise their lodging taxes after the state legislature passed a bill allowing counties to triple such taxes and spend the money on a wider range of projects, including public infrastructure, childcare and housing for workers. Lodging tax increases passed in Eagle, Gilpin, Hinsdale, Ouray, Routt and…
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Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper, Western Slope business leaders talk about access to capital, tariffs
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper joined a group of business leaders from the Western Slope on Friday, when they talked about the economic transformation of the region, as well as the challenges it faces, including access to financial capital and limited workforce. “Grand Junction was supposed to be dead and gone twenty years ago,” Hickenlooper told…