According to the Colorado Department of Treasury, nearly “94,000 workers have no employer-sponsored retirement savings plan.” To rectify this, the Colorado SecureSavings Program was approved by the Colorado Legislature in 2020. While a pilot program begins this month (October 2022), employers will be required to take part beginning in 2023.

On July 1, 2022, a new Colorado retail delivery tax went into effect as part of Senate Bill 21-260, which imposes new fees to fund the state’s transportation system. See how this is impacting rental operators in the state.

Audrey Lagle (Audrey Branson), 68, of Grand Junction, Colo., died Aug. 3, 2022. Lagle had worked as a public relations media coordinator for Ditch Witch in Perry, Okla., for nearly 15 years before suffering a traumatic brain injury in 1999 after a near fatal motorcycle accident. Prior to the injury, she traveled around the world coordinating trade shows for Ditch Witch.

Lou Ann (Branson) White, 86, Lakewood, Colo., died Aug. 29. Trained as a nurse, she and her husband, Herb White, started Continental Divide Marketing in 1973.

It might be just the middle of October, but the ARA of Colorado is already in full gear as far as planning the state chapter’s annual holiday party.