Author: Dennis Huspeni

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a civil lawsuit against a Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputy who tipped ICE off to a college student who has overstayed her visa.  Weiser said in a news release Tuesday announcing the lawsuit aims to require the deputy “follow state laws that bar state agency and local government employees…

Colorado’s unemployment rate rose slightly in March to 4.8%, which is also above the national average of 4.2%. It ticked up from 4.7% in February, as did the national average from 4.1%, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment released Friday.  The number of those jobless increased by 1,200 month-over-month,…

Colorado business and political leaders are bracing for the fallout following President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs, expressing worries about higher prices and possible damage to the state’s economy, though some offered calibrated responses and noted robust sales in some areas as customers decide to buy goods now in anticipation of higher prices later.…

Colorado business and political leaders are bracing for the fallout following President Donald Trump’s new round of tariffs, expressing worries about higher prices and possible damage to the state’s economy, though some offered calibrated responses and noted robust sales in some areas as customers decide to buy goods now in anticipation of higher prices later.  …

Downtown Denver’s recovery from the pandemic shutdown lags behind other downtowns nationwide due to crime, homelessness and high office vacancy rates, according to a Common Sense Institute study. “None of the attempts to rejuvenate have been, so far, successful in restoring the downtown Denver activity of 2019,” the study’s authors said. “Since safety and security are…