Denver’s rising minimum wage squeezes restaurants, small businesses

Denver’s rising minimum wage squeezes restaurants, small businesses

Bobby Stuckey, the founder of the Front Range restaurant owner Frasca Hospitality Group, insists he’s a positive guy — but not when it comes to the impact Denver’s fast-increasing minimum wage is having on the industry he loves. As the local government mandate forces wage increases on an industry that already operates on thin margins, … Read more

Gov. Polis signs bills providing income tax, property tax cuts

Gov. Polis signs bills providing income tax, property tax cuts

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed several tax-related bills into law Tuesday, including two that deliver what officials are touting as historic cuts to taxes of different kinds. One reduces income and sales taxes. Senate Bill 228 cuts the state’s income rate by up to 0.15% in years when state revenue handily exceeds the cap set … Read more