Yadira Caraveo
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Marlboro’s owners negotiated Colorado’s proposed tobacco tax hike — and it could help them dominate the cigarette market
The ballot question, if approved by voters in November, would require a pack of cigarettes to be sold for no less than $7 starting in January. That could effectively hand more market share to Altria.
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Air quality improved slightly during the stay-at-home order. But Colorado still has a serious pollution problem.
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Coronavirus has underscored the need for paid sick time in Colorado. And the potential huge costs.
By Jennifer Brown Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
A lawmaker returns to frontlines of the coronavirus fight as an ER nurse: “You can see a tsunami coming”
By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
The effort to ban flavored vaping products, menthol cigarettes in Colorado now has a big asterisk
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WATCH: Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado lawmakers pitch their big ideas for the 2020 legislative session
The event, co-hosted with CBS4 and the University of Denver’s Estlow Center for Journalism & New Media and the Center on American Politics, begins at 6:30 p.m. Return to this page to watch a livestream.
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Coloradans may face 4 spending questions this year. Will new nicotine tax measure overload the ballot?
The proposal, announced Wednesday by Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic state lawmakers, would set a uniform nicotine tax at 62 percent. That would lift the taxes on a package of cigarettes to $2.49 from 84 cents.
