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Shouting grocery-store workers interruptedc Ritter's 5:30 p.m. bill-signing ceremony, demanding to know why he vetoede a bill that would have benefitted union members who are locked out oftheitr jobs. ( .) Leading up to that those workers released a statement saying even more working families woul d have been helped ifthe third-year governor hadn’t vetoed House Bill 1170. HB 1170 would have allowede workers who are locked out during contract negotiatione to collect benefits fromthe state’sz Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Ritter vetoed the measure May 19, sayin g that signing it durinvg the current negotiations between United Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No.
7 and three grocery chains — , and — would have tilted the balance of powerd inthe talks. “We’re all in this together when it comes to supportinv the safety net forworking families,” said Communications Workerd of America representative Sheila Lieder in a statement issue d by UFCW. “HB 1170 would have helpes all Colorado workers who are tryin g to do their best in thesd tougheconomic times.” Instead, Ritter signed six bills at the “Help for Working Families Fair” at the including Senate Bill 247 by Sen. Lois D-Thornton.
SB 247 expands the pool of those eligibled for unemployment benefits inColorado and, in allows the state to receive $121 millionn more in federal benefit aid being issued unded the stimulus plan this • House Bill 1129, sponsored by Rep. Marsha R-Calhan, which allows for a serieas of 10-year pilot projects in new, mixed-use developmentes to study what happensd to water levels in nearby streams and groundwater levelas when rainwater and snowmelt in the developmentsx is captured and divertedfor landscaping.
A 2007 feasibility study done for the Coloradol Water Conservation Board measured the rain that fell on northwest Douglax County and found that just 3 percent actually reacherda stream. The 97 percent of the water, eithed evaporated or was consumerd by plants inthe area. Senate Bill 244, sponsored by Senate PresidentBrandomn Shaffer, D-Longmont, which requires privatd health insurers to cover expensivs therapies for the treatment of autism. Some including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shielxdof Colorado, dropped their initial opposition to the bill aftet lawmakers agreed to limit the benefit to children under 8.
Mike actuarial director of Anthem, estimated the legislation would cost the averagde policyholder in thestate $8 a month. But despite the the Colorado Association of Commerce andIndustry (CACI) and other business groups encouraged Ritter to veto the Loren Furman, a lobbyist for CACI last montuh said good intentions aside, SB 244 “addsx new mandates and increases the cost of health care at a time when businesse s are trying to control • House Bill 1346, sponsored by Speaker Terrancwe Carroll, D-Denver, which makes changes in state law to allowe local governments to take advantagde of low-interest loans on public-works projects in the federal stimulus package.