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Polis administration awards $7.2 million to cut emissions from large buildings
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The Colorado Energy Office awarded $7.2 million Wednesday to help owners of large buildings across the state pursue high-impact projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions through improved energy efficiency and electrification. The grants, drawn from federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant funds authorized under the 2022 Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and awarded to Colorado by…
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Protecting satellites in space, on the ground a priority for Colorado companies
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As the Department of Defense moves toward utilizing more commercial partnerships, building a resilient space-based commercial field is contingent on several factors, according to industry leaders at the annual Warfare Symposium in Aurora. The symposium features businesses of all sizes from around the world to showcase advancements in aerial, cyber and space warfare. During a…
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Colorado House advances bill to ban pet stores from selling dogs and cats, as opponents warn of black market surge
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Colorado lawmakers advanced legislation Monday that would prohibit pet stores from selling dogs and cats sourced from large-scale commercial breeders, a move sponsors said would shut down the “puppy mill pipeline” but which critics warned would push sales into unregulated online and out-of-state markets. House Bill 1011 targets “brokers,” which the bill defines as individuals…
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Colorado lawmakers mull competing bills on data centers
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A Colorado coalition of data center developers and operators is urging lawmakers to pass a proposal that offers tax breaks to attract large facilities, while calling a competing bill a major obstacle to new investment. Meanwhile, proponents of the latter proposal have maintained they don’t intend to ban, via regulation, the building of new data…
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Greeley voters to decide fate of project that includes minor league hockey arena
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GREELEY • The fate of the Cascadia development — and quite possibly the future direction of the city — is in the hands of Greeley voters this Tuesday during a special city election on whether the landscape-altering project should be halted. Cascadia is a master-planned community designed to integrate housing, recreation, jobs, and quality-of-life amenities.…
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Potential clues? Palantir shares several risks of doing business in Colorado
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When Palantir announced it moved its headquarters from Denver to Miami, it gave little reason for its decision. All it sent out was a short post on X. It came as a shock that the major company known for its federal contracts with U.S. military and immigration forces had been preparing a new place to…
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Palantir moves HQ from Denver to Miami
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Palantir Technologies Inc., a large artificial intelligence and software company with many government contracts, including federal immigration forces and the U.S. military, is moving its headquarters out of Denver. “We have moved our headquarters to Miami, Florida,” the company posted on X on Tuesday. The location on the company’s profile is now shown as Miami.…
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Push to regulate high concession prices in Colorado could hurt vendors, critics warn
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High food and drink prices have long been a staple of going to a sports game, concert, festival or the airport. But as inflation has increasingly pinched people’s wallets, pushback against higher concession prices is growing. The issue has reached Colorado’s Capitol this year. A group of Democrat policymakers seeks to curb expensive game day…
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CU Boulder, state launch economic research in coal-transition areas
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Communities in northwest Colorado built on coal mining and power plants are losing hundreds of high-paying jobs and a major share of their tax revenue as operations wind down. In a yearlong effort, the University of Colorado Boulder is teaming up with the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade to help these areas…
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JBS strike could trip up Greeley’s economic surge
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GREELEY – The upward trajectory of Greeley has been hard to match by other Colorado communities in the here and now. The city is on the verge of experiencing dramatic growth and change. Greeley is in the midst of developing a state-of-the-art $1.1 billion entertainment district dubbed Catalyst, which will feature an 8,600-seat, multi-use arena and…
