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BRICK AND MORTARS FIGHT BACK: Supercommittee co-chairs Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) got an earful from a large coalition of supporters of changing internet tax laws to require companies like Amazon and eBay to pay state sales tax. More than 20 trade associations including the American Veterinary Medical Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Real Estate Roundtable co-signed a letter Wednesday which states that there is about $23 billion in uncollected state sales tax. The groups also got another 50 state trade associations and more than 60 companies to sign onto the letter. Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Gap, Lowes, JC Penney, Target and Walmart are among the companies signing the letter.
University of Colorado at BoulderA lot of pro skiers have chosen to hit the books at CU Boulder, including Meg Olenick, Nick Martini, Matt Walker and more. Campus is a mere 30 minutes from Eldora, Boulder’s local ski hill, and backcountry skiing in the Indian Peaks, and an hour-plus to the ski areas in Colorado’s Front Range. On weekends, students and faculty can ride the Ski Bus roundtrip from campus to Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail or Arapahoe Basin for $15. “CU Boulder is a perfect place for someone to go to school who loves to ski because it is only an hour and a half away from some of the best resorts in Colorado,” says Meg Olenick, who recently graduated. “There is a large population of people who ski and snowboard so if you don’t have a car it is easy to find someone to carpool with.”
GOOD THURSDAY AFTERNOON to you, our loyal PI readers, on this 19th anniversary of Carol Moseley Braun becoming the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate and the 54th anniversary of the Soviet Union sending the first dog — Leika — into space. Be sure to celebrate these milestones in a most profound way: by sending us a news tip, hint, fundraiser invitation and the like to dlevinthal@politico.com and apalmer@politico.com. Be certain to follow us on Twitter, too, at @apalmerdc and @davelevinthal.
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