Under the existing Rural Jump Start Grant Program, unique businesses that locate in economically distressed regions of the state can qualify for special sales and income tax breaks.
Under a bill that won approval in the Colorado Senate on Wednesday, new startups that locate in those same areas also can qualify for part of $3 million in special state grants in over the next two years to help them establish operations.
That measure, SB229, links two existing programs â Rural Jump Start and the Just Transition Office â to help create more business opportunities in those areas of the state that need assistance getting started, its supporters say.
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In an effort to curb a rising tide of abuse by teens and young adults, Colorado lawmakers are seeking to crack down on high-potency marijuana concentrates under a bipartisan bill
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Throughout the month of March, states continued to introduce new privacy laws of their own as Congress focused on enacting President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 which President Biden signed into law on March 11.
The last month notably featured several key developments in California, as the state announced the establishment of the five-member inaugural board for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), a new administrative agency created by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and charged with implementing and enforcing the state’s privacy laws. Further, the state has approved additional California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations, which went into effect on March 15. As clients look to navigate the changing privacy landscape in California, Akin Gump has published a new report looking back at the fir
It’s never a good sign for your family budget when the word “fee” appears 485 times in a bill. Colorado Senate Democrats are using that word to sell a massive tax increase dressed up as an infrastructure plan. Senate Bill 21-260 is nearly 200 pages long, creates four departments of government called “enterprises,” is loaded with big thoughts about “climate justice,” and would cost Colorado taxpayers $5.3 billion.
There is no doubt Colorado needs to upgrade its roads and bridges. You can’t drive in El Paso County without swerving around potholes. Now that the pandemic appears to have crossed a tipping point, wait times are building again to get from Colorado Springs to Denver.