The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: A homegrown turnaround
One of the reasons Mesa County is a bright spot in a state economic forecast released Monday by the Colorado Business Economic Outlook “is that it hasn’t been a bright spot.”
That’s according to Richard Wobbekind, the executive director of the Leeds Business School’s research division at the University of Colorado. Wobbekind should be a familiar figure to many readers as he treks to the Western Slope annually to tell business leaders what they largely already know – how the local economy is performing.
For many years following the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009, the news wasn’t very good. The metrics suggest 2012 was the bottom of the trough and we’ve been slowly crawling out of that hole. The succeeding years have been uneven with some economic indicators looking worse than others. Business filings, real estate transactions, rate of foreclosures, property values, capital investment, hotel occupancy, unemployment and sales tax and severance tax receipts haven’t trended in a positive direction at the same time.
Denver Gazette: When American Indians root for Yuma
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Updated 12 months ago
Yuma Indians (Yuma Athletics) In a fit of orchestrated indignation last spring, our legislature banned the use of American Indian-themed mascots by public schools in Colorado. The Democratic majority at the Capitol deemed all such mascots offensive to American Indians....
Denver Gazette: Missed opportunities on statewide ballot
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Updated 12 months ago
Jefferson County election workers collect ballots in this Gazette file photo.Ernest Luning / Colorado Politics To our disappointment, Coloradans turned down three sound policies proposed on the statewide ballot on Tuesday. Amendment 78, which needed 55% to become part of...
Colorado Springs Gazette: Parents take back their schools
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110421-cp-web-oped-csgeditorial-1 An uprising by parents in key school board races across the state Tuesday has opened the schoolhouse doors to fresh thinking, needed reforms – and new hope for many Colorado kids. Voters in those districts toppled an elected hierarchy...
Denver Gazette: Tuesday’s tale of two cities
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Updated 12 months ago
Syringes and drug paraphernalia found during the cleaning of an illegal homeless camp in Denver. Photo courtesy of the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment In Denver, it’s not a matter of if, but when. Right next door in Aurora,...
Colorado Springs Gazette: Locally and nationally, ‘it’s education, stupid!’
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Fountain Councilwoman Sharon Thompson, left, is greeted by Cory Applegate, right, with Brenda Miller, who is running for election for an at-large seat of the Widefield School District 3 School Board, middle, during Thompson’s watch party at IHOP in Fountain...
Colorado Springs Gazette: Trust mama bears to improve public schools
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Morsa Images Mama bears have awakened from their hibernation, and Big Education knows it. Union leaders, puppeteering public education for decades, are worried and they should be. Colorado in the past year has seen the sprouting and growth of grassroots,...
Denver Gazette: This Halloween, let’s let kids be kids
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Updated 12 months ago
Harleigh Anderson rides a train during a Halloween celebration Thursday at Denver’s Union Station.The Associated Press In an era of American civilization chock full of difficulty, here’s some jubilant breaking news: It’s the best kind of weekend to be a...
Colorado Springs Gazette: Simon says put your masks back on
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Updated 12 months ago
Getty Images It should be a given: Local elected leaders – whether in Pueblo or Aurora or Colorado Springs or anyplace else – are in a better position to contain COVID than are officials who are higher up and farther...
Denver Gazette: Gazette report shows need for Amendment 78
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Updated 12 months ago
The state Capitol building is seen on the final day of the legislative session.The Denver Gazette The wind blew a branch on the roof and caused a leak. Dad obtained emergency aid to fix it. He easily patched the damage...
Denver Gazette: City schools need Jones, Villagrana, Fashaw
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100521-cp-web-oped-dgeditorial The latest unsettling news about Denver Public Schools reaffirms the need for a change of elected leadership at Colorado’s largest and most prominent school district. It seems the Denver school board’s reigning embarrassment, first-term member Tay Anderson, has stepped...
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