apprenticeship
-
Colorado launches $2.5M in grants for youth apprenticeships
—
by
Colorado is offering $2.5 million in grants to expand high school apprenticeship programs aimed at preparing youth to enter the workforce. Colorado has over 300 active apprenticeship programs with more than 6,000 participants, according to state estimates. But as of March, only 0.02% of the apprentices are under the age of 18. The grant-funded apprenticeships will provide…
-
Meet a Colo. lawmaker who’s conservative. Republican. And a union member.
—
by
Republican state Rep. Phil Covarrubias represents a district that encompasses Brighton, Lochbuie and eastern Adams County south to Deer Trail. It’s a good mix, he says, of rich and poor, blue-collar workers, and rural farmers and ranchers. It’s the blue-collar workers who may be closest to Covarrubias’ heart because that’s where he comes from. The…
