As far as the Colorado Court of Appeals is concerned, the 20 cents shoppers pay for paper bags at Aspen’s two supermarkets is a fee and not a tax. The appellate court’s ruling, made public Thursday, ...

ASPEN, Colorado – The city of Aspen has unveiled a proposed ordinance that seeks to charge grocery-store customers 20 cents for each plastic or paper bag used in sacking their items. The ordinance is ...

The city of Aspen’s 20-cent fee on supermarket bags has survived the scrutiny of the Colorado Supreme Court, but just barely. In a 4-3 decision announced Monday, the state’s highest court ruled the ...

The Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision announced Monday, upheld Aspen’s fee on paper grocery bags, finding that the 20-cent charge is not a tax because it offsets the costs of a municipal waste ...

The Colorado Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will entertain arguments from a nonprofit that claims the city’s 20-cent charge on disposable paper bags at Aspen’s two supermarket should have gone to ...

Attorneys for the city of Aspen and the Colorado Union of Taxpayers made oral arguments Wednesday before the Colorado Supreme Court about whether the municipality’s mandate that the town’s two grocers ...