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Hickenlooper signs tax amnesty bill

By on June 3, 2011 in Press

Denver Business Journal – by Ed Sealover

Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 12:49pm MDT

Colorado businesses and individuals who are delinquent on past years’ tax payments will have the chance to make good on them without penalties or interest under a bill that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law Friday.  Senate Bill 184, sponsored by Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, creates an amnesty period from Oct. 1 through Nov. 15 this year in the hopes of raising about $9.7 million for the State Education Fund.

Two Democratic lawmakers file tax-amnesty bill

By on March 3, 2011 in Press
By Tim Hoover The Denver Post  Posted: 03/03/2011
With a discussion raging over whether balancing the state budget should involve paying new taxes, two Democratic lawmakers hope to focus part of the debate on paying existing ones.  Sen. Pat Steadman and Rep. Mark Ferrandino, both of Denver, filed a bill Wednesday that would offer an amnesty to individuals and businesses that owe back taxes.

 

Civil-union supporters hoping to feel the love from Colo. lawmakers

By on February 15, 2011 in Press
By Lynn Bartels The Denver Post  Posted: 02/15/2011
Gay-rights supporters chose Valentine’s Day to introduce a civil-unions bill and deliver messages to lawmakers urging them to support the measure.  “Love is love,” read one of the more than 1,000 messages, which were linked together to make paper chains.

Current K-12 funding situation stable – for now

By on February 2, 2011 in Press

Written by Todd Engdahl on Feb 2nd, 2011. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org

The House and Senate education committees Wednesday got some slightly reassuring – but by no means definitive – news about state support for schools in the current 2010-11 budget year.  Joint Budget Committee member Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, told members of the two panels …

Editorial: Try again on civil union bill

By on December 19, 2010 in Press
Affording gay and lesbian couples the same rights as married pairs is a civil rights issue that Colorado should deal with.
By The Denver Post
Posted: 12/19/2010
With Republicans controlling the state House come January, 2011 may not be the optimal year to pass a civil union bill in Colorado. But relationship equality is one of the more important civil rights issues of our time, so it’s at least time to try again.