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Small Business Asks President Obama to Support Reforms that Help, not Harm

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NFIB head says president can choose to stand with small businesses who need healthcare reform.

Fight Back! -- Unjustifiable increases in healthcare premiums can be challenged

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Law requires Colorado Division of Insurance to step in, upon request.

Healthcare teleconference a big success

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

State members given the very latest information on reform bills moving through Congress.

Late Friday afternoon assault on Pinnacol backfires

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We expose a legislative committee's attempt at a fast one.

2009 Colorado Legislative Wrap-Up

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We succeeded in keeping damage to small business to a minimum, get victory in veto.

2009 Colorado YEF winners -- 2010 scholarship opportunities

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

You can help send a budding Colorado entrepreneur to college.

Tony Gagliardi on Fox & Friends

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NFIB/Colorado state director debated state paid leave laws on national TV.

24 Colorado high school seniors win NFIB scholarships

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Gov. Ritter's veto of bill surprises, pleases NFIB

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Colorado Legislature Wrap-Up 2009

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Poll: Colorado Small Business Owners Say Keep Giving Legislature the Bird

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The reaction to a special poll put out by Colorado's leading small business association came back fast and loud: 86 percent of the entrepreneurs who will lead the state out of its recession oppose repealing the Arveschoug-Bird Directive limiting government spending to a 6 percent annual growth rate.

2009 Small Business Day at the Capitol March 11

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Attend this year's NFIB Small Business Day at the Capitol and help fight government mandates on small business. Hear what is happening with mandatory paid sick leave and parental leave measures currently underway in the legislature and how you can help stop them.

Narrow Vote on Parental-Leave Bill Shows It Raises More Worries Than Solves

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The one-vote margin by which the parental leave bill passed its first legislative hurdle yesterday in the Colorado House Education Committee says more about the doubt surrounding it than any momentum supporters could claim is building, the state's leading small business association charged Friday.

February/March 2009 Colorado MyVOICE

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Special NFIB member report on small business issues such as the Business Personal Property Tax, the state economy and activism in Colorado, February/March 2009 edition.

NFIB/Colorado Tells Committee "No Means No!"

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

NFIB/Colorado State Director Tony Gagliardi told the committee hearing a Mandatory Parental Leave bill, "our members would oppose this one size fits all mandate even if we were in good economic times." When asked if there were any amendments that would cause NFIB to change their position, he replied, "With all due respect, we do not support mandates telling employers how to manage their employees, especially when over 96 percent of our members are already doing this."

Poll of Colorado Small Business Owners Shows Opposition to Road Tax Ideas

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The voice of Colorado small business owners has released the results of its annual poll of its members, and the numbers show little support for any grand government initiatives, especially in a recession.

NFIB/Connecticut Capitol Report -- Nov. 21, 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

At the request of Gov. Jodi Rell, both the state House and Senate are scheduled to convene in special session to address the state's mounting fiscal crisis. Starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, the General Assembly will meet and is expected to approve Gov. Rell's $302 million deficit mitigation plan, which includes a series of spending cuts, a tax amnesty program and a seizure of unclaimed bottle deposit revenue by the state.

December/January 2009 Colorado MyVOICE

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Special NFIB member report on small business issues such as Small Business Day at the Capitol, YEF awards and voting your State Member Ballot in Colorado, December/January 2009 edition.

NFIB/Connecticut Capitol Report -- Nov. 12, 2008

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the state Senate, there will be five new faces when the General Assembly reconvenes in 2009. Incumbent Robert Russo was defeated by challenger Anthony Musto. All four open seats in the Senate, however, were retained by Republicans.

Colorado Small Business Owners Go to the Polls in Last Major Election of the Year

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Voting still continues for Colorado's small business owners, those employers of more workers and generators of more jobs than big business, big labor and big government.