This week’s Colorado Supreme Court decision that the city’s paper-bag fee enforced at Aspen’s two supermarkets is not unconstitutional could mean more municipal efforts to reduce waste. The legal ...

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 ...

ASPEN, Colorado ” The Aspen/Telluride Challenge, aimed at promoting reusable shopping bags, has been extended through Labor Day weekend. The program was previously scheduled to end on the Fourth of ...

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a 20-cent surcharge on grocery bags in the city of Aspen. Monday's ruling represents the second time in the last month that the court has rejected a ...

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 ...

An ordinance placing a fee on plastic bags in Aspen has been put off until after the election, according to Aspen environmental health department staff, but Councilman Torre said he’s still pushing ...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - A judge is backing Aspen's 20-cent charge for paper bags at grocery stores. District Judge John Neiley ruled Monday that the charge is a fee and not a tax and can remain in place.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court has ...