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Amazon HQ2: Is the short list about to get shorter?
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Amazon.com Inc. says it will choose from among Denver and 19 other finalists as the site for its sprawling second headquarters campus later this year, some watchers of the process expect that a shorter version of the “Amazon Hq2” short list may be coming soon before the winning site is announced. One goal of issuing…
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BIDLACK | HQ2 will be both blessing and burden wherever it ends up
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It’s all about the jobs, right? Economic development means more jobs for more people, and that’s how we grow our prosperity. Therefore, I was intrigued by a very interesting article here on Colorado Politics, authored by Colorado Politics Managing Editor Mark Harden. Mr. Harden reported on the results of a survey of residents in the…
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How bad does Denver want Amazon HQ2? Not so bad, survey says
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Amazon HQ2 = 50,000 jobs; $5 billion in investment. The potential benefits of landing Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters have been touted endlessly. And Denver has been picked by Amazon as one of 20 North American finalist areas for the e-commerce giant’s HQ2 complex, thanks to a heavily redacted bid submitted by the Metro Denver Economic…
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell calls out Hickenlooper on Amazon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6JgbcaaOD0 Victor Mitchell’s new digital ad campaign doesn’t go after his Republican primary opponents, or even the best-known Democrats, Jared Polis, Mike Johnston, Cary Kennedy or Donna Lynne. Instead the entrepreneur and former legislator from Douglas County takes aim at Gov. Hickenlooper and the tax breaks being offered to lure the Amazon HQ2 project to…
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Insights: In a web of confusion few Colorado parties are neutral on net neutrality
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Between the pendulum of fake news and alternative facts, the average citizen trusts in a leap of faith to understand anything out of Washington these days. The issue of net neutrality lays this bare. Three Republicans outvoted two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission this month to abolish rules established in 2015 with the open…
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Ed Perlmutter congratulates John Hiatt, Congressional App Challenge winner for Colorado’s 7th CD
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Northglenn High School student John Hiatt won the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District with a program he wrote to help visually impaired users access a popular, low-cost computer platform, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter announced. Students in 190 congressional district in 42 states demonstrated their coding skills with more than 1,250 apps…
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Ken Buck salutes his district’s Congressional App Challenge winners Evan Hassman, Hunter Burley
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Erie High School students Evan Hassman and Hunter Burley are this year’s Congressional App Challenge winners for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck announced Friday. The two won for “In Space, Out of Gas,” a role-playing game set in a perilous outer space environment. The national competition, sponsored by the Congressional Internet Caucus, challenged…
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Amazon fulfillment center spreads holiday cheer to immigrant, refugee families in Aurora
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Online retail giant Amazon made the holidays at least a little bit brighter Thursday for recent immigrant and refugee families in Aurora. Employees at Amazon’s Aurora fulfillment center unloaded $15,000 worth of toys, personal items and other gifts for nearly 200 children and their family members at the APS Welcome Center, an Aurora Public Schools…
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Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm says Denver doesn’t want Amazon HQ2
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Amazon building an “HQ2” – a second headquarters – in Denver would “leave us toothless and blind,” says Former Gov. Richard Lamm. Lamm spoke at a forum hosted by the Denver Press Club Monday and joins the growing chorus of people that don’t think $5 billion in construction and 50,000 employees is the kind of…
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Want a peek at Colorado’s pitch for landing Amazon’s HQ2?
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… Well, you’ll have to wait until next week – a week from today – and even then, you only can expect to see a redacted version of the state’s proposal to host the online retail giant’s second North American headquarters. The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation – along with a team of economic development partners,…