In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House has voted overwhelmingly to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they pay their taxes. Federal investigators have found tens of thousands of contractors who owe billions of dollars to [...] [...]
Instead of building new houses in a troubled real estate market, homeowners have been remodeling. Building permits for new residential development between May and July were down 61 percent from the same period in 2006, the peak of the real estate boom in Colorado Springs. But permits for residential alterations – home remodeling projects – [...] [...]
Colorado Springs Utilities is holding a series of workshops for contractors and businesses interested in working on the Southern Delivery System project. Workshops on the water project – which will bring water from the Pueblo Reservoir into Colorado Springs – will be held in El Paso, Pueblo and Fremont Counties. The El Paso County workshop [...] [...]
By John M. Scorsine Attorney at Holland & Hart LLP Nearly every business owner or manager has been told that it is inappropriate to pry into the private lives of employees. If a single, unattached, employee on his weekend off were to drive down to Nevada, no employer would consider it any of his business. [...] [...]