Senator Ken Kester, R-Las Animas, who was a small businessman for decades in the Lower Arkansas Valley, understands that challenge about as well as anyone in the legislature.

He has introduced a bill that provides for a refundable tax credit for each new job that an employer creates, as long as those jobs are above the average county wage. This bill makes it easier for small businesses to add jobs, and pay thos employees more.

Read the text of the bill here. 

by Tom Clark

Guest Columnist

Boulder Daily Camera

2/4/07

HB 1072 is a problem in search of a solution

      Rhetoric continues to swirl over House Bill 1072, a change to Colorado's long-standing Labor Peace Act. News articles and editorials have focused on workers' rights and the ability of unions to force so-called "closed shops"— and the business community's reaction to the impact on our economic bottom line.

By Fed Brown

Denver Post Columnist

2/3/07

      The most partisan Republican couldn't have devised a better way to embarrass Gov. Bill Ritter than his fellow Democrats have with House Bill 1072. It's a timing and public-relations disaster.

By Rob Reuteman

Rocky Mountain News Columnist

2/3/07

     The pro-union bill sailing through the state legislature to Gov. Bill Ritter's desk for certain signage is especially bothersome for a couple of reasons. For one, it seems like a solution in search of a problem