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27 February 2006

Legislature rejects ‘Wal-Mart law’ - 2/25/06

February 25, 2006 By STEVEN K. PAULSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER - Lawmakers killed a measure Friday that would have forced large corporations such as Wal-Mart to pay a minimum amount of their labor costs for health care, saying it needs more work.

23 February 2006

Colorado: Health Bill Takes Aim at Wal-Mart

A bill that would force large Colorado employers to pay 11 percent of wages toward health care costs was introduced in the legislature Wednesday. A day earlier, a coalition of mega- retailers sued the state of Maryland over a look-alike law that passed la