A bill introduced and passed by Rep. Dylan Roberts of Avon during this year’s state legislative session to allow restaurants to retain sales tax revenue collected instead of remitting it to the state went into.
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Two proposed bills would change liquor laws in Colorado for better or worse, depending who you ask
To-go sales and expanded licenses being debated
The first bill would extend to-go alcohol sales for five more years. The second bill would allow liquor stores to open multiple stores.
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DENVER â If thereâs been an upside at all to the pandemic for small businesses, it may be alcohol sales.
âPeople were consuming at home more,â said Jim Archibald, owner of Morgans Liquors in Denverâs Platte Park neighborhood.
Liquor stores like Morgans saw a big boost, and some restaurants stayed afloat in part because of to-go alcohol sales.
During call with Colorado Sen. Bennet, officials talk about struggles with workforce
Rick Carroll, Aspen Times
Western Slope leaders from mountain and ski towns met virtually on Friday with Sen. Michael Bennet, a day after President Trump issued a proclamation extending the visa restrictions on those including J-1 and H-2B workers. (Chris Dillmann, cdillmann@vaildaily.com)
Leaders from mountain and ski towns on the Western Slope told Sen. Michael Bennet on Friday the Trump administration’s extended ban on visas for immigrant employees through the end of March will only exacerbate the pandemic-spurred worker shortage.
“I want to put an exclamation point on getting (rid of) the executive order that prohibits international workers using work visas,” said Melanie Mills, executive director of Colorado Ski Country, which is the marketing arm for a contingent of ski-area operators in the state, including Aspen Skiing Co. “We need to get that withdrawn as soon as possible in the