Boulder Reporting Lab
Boulder City Council may slow wage increases for tipped workers. Here’s what’s at stake.
Restaurant owners say they need relief from rising labor and food costs. Workers say slowing scheduled wage increases would make it even harder to afford to live in Boulder.
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