By Bryan Grossman
Colorado Springs Business Journal, Oct 21, 2016

Amendment 70 proponents say the state’s minimum wage should be a living wage, while opponents say the market — not legislation — should decide. ...

Full-time workers making the minimum wage in Colorado earn approximately $17,285 annually, or about $300 per week after taxes, and many depend on public assistance. ...

Debra Brown, campaign manager for the wage-increase advocacy group Colorado Business for Fair Minimum Wage, said raising the minimum wage could help businesses by improving employee productivity and morale and reducing turnover. And minimum...

By Lindsay Tice
Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal, October 18, 2016

Question 4: Do you want to raise the minimum hourly wage of $7.50 to $9 in 2017, with annual $1 increases up to $12 in 2020, and annual cost-of-living increases thereafter; and do you want to raise the direct wage for service workers who receive tips from half the minimum wage to $5 in 2017, with annual $1 increases until it reaches the adjusted minimum wage?

On Nov. 8, voters will decide whether Maine employers must give the state's lowest-wage workers a raise. 

Proponents of Question...

By Shaun Boyd
CBS Denver, Oct 14, 2016

One of the most contentious ballot measures this election would raise the minimum wage in Colorado. Right now, it’s $8.31 an hour, which is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Under Amendment 70, it would increase gradually to $12 an hour by January 2020. ...

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Some 200 business leaders signed, including the founder of Illegal Pete's, Pete Turner

By Andra Zeppelin
Eater Denver, Oct 12, 2016

As November 8 approaches, the ads multiply and so do the mailers and volume of the advocacy. A group called Colorado Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is urging Colorado citizens to vote in favor of Amendment 70 to raise the minimum wage from the current  $8.31. The increase would first go to $9.30 on January 1, 2017. After that, each year, it would go up by 90 cents until it reaches $12 in January...

By Michael Roberts
Westword, Oct 12, 2016

Editor's note: As part of our continuing election coverage, we're taking a closer look at amendments and propositions that will be on the Colorado ballot in November. ... Amendment 70 would boost the minimum wage from its current $8.31 per hour to $12 by 2020, with incremental bumps over a three-year period.

In the following interview, Debra Brown, campaign manager for Colorado Business for a Fair Minimum Wage — a key part of a coalition under the Colorado Families for a Fair Wage banner — outlines the proposal and responds to...

2016 Indy Endorsements, part 1

Editorial, Colorado Springs Independent, Oct 12, 2016

... Amendment 70, State Minimum Wage: This would raise the state minimum wage from $8.31 to $9.30 on Jan. 1, with further raises of 90 cents an hour each year until reaching $12 an hour on Jan. 1, 2020. More adjustments beyond that would be allowed, tied to cost of living.

Supporters say women and young adults would be impacted positively, because they are among the most affected by the suppressed current minimum wage. Arguments by opponents warn that small businesses would suffer...

By Kenneth Hilario
Philadelphia Business Journal, Oct 12, 2016

A slice of Washington, D.C., will finally come to Philadelphia when an unusual pizza concept with a cult following opens its first outpost in the Philadelphia area. Fast-casual pizza restaurant concept &pizza earlier this year inked a deal for nearly 2,400-square-feet of space at 1430 Walnut St., and it will open its doors at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. The 64-seat restaurant will be the brand's 17th restaurant overall and the first outside the Washington, D.C., area.

"Our goal is to have people fall in love with...

By Kate Rogers
CNBC, October 11, 2016

As the general election draws ever closer, Main Street businesses are grappling with the idea of a higher federal minimum wage. Momentum for an increase is building. ... Separately, four states are considering raises for workers on November 8th: Arizona, Maine, and Colorado have $12 on the ballot, while Washington State is taking up a wage of $13.50 an hour, according to the National Employment Law Project. ...

No matter which side of the debate entrepreneurs fall on, they are certainly thinking about how wage hikes may impact their...

CNBC, Oct 11, 2016

CNBC's Kate Rogers takes a look at the impact of the election on small business - including states like Colorado with minimum wage ballot initiatives.

Denver's Judy Amabile, owner of Polar Bottle/Product Architects Inc, says raising the minimum wage has been good for her business [start 0.51]

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By Scott Kilbury
FOX21 News, October 11, 2016

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For the first time in 10 years, people in Colorado will have a chance to vote on the minimum wage. Amendment 70 proposes to raise the current wage over the next four years, but it has many business owners divided. ...

Just two miles and 7 minutes down the road, you’ll find Poor Richard’s Cafe.

“The average employee has been with us three years,” owner Richard Skorman said.  “We have quite a few who have been with us 15 and 20 years.”

Skorman...