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Georgia O’Keeffe’s views of New Mexico desert to be preserved under agreement | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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NEW MEXICO O’Keeffe’s views to be preserved SANTA FE — A new conservation agreement will preserve land with breathtaking desert vistas that inspired the work of 20th century painter Georgia O’Keeffe and ensure visitors access to an adjacent educational retreat, several partners to the pact announced Dec. 9. Initial phases of the plan establish a…
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Trump economic policies cost Colorado households more than $1,000 on average, national Democrats say
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Colorado families had to shell out over $1,000 more on average to afford the same items in the first eight months of the Trump administration, according to an analysis of inflation data released Monday by the Democratic National Committee. The state’s average $1,062 cost increase from February through September — amounting to about $132 per…
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Colorado economy in recovery mode, but mixed signals persist, report says
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Despite a series of mixed or muddled messages, Colorado’s economy remains in strong recovery mode with the number of jobs here exceeding pre-pandemic levels, unemployment continuing to decline and strong gross domestic product growth, according to a report released Tuesday. The Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report covers the first quarter of 2022 and is…
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Colorado economic indicators report shows strong jobs growth, price hikes
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Colorado’s employment will recover to pre-pandemic levels this year, with some industries already fully recovered, and the state’s inflation rate remained lower than the national average last year, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Quarterly Business & Economic Indicators report for the fourth quarter of 2021. “The state is in recovery mode,” according to…
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YESTERYEAR: Legislature’s Dem minority presses hot-button Medicaid funding issue
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… Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Democrat state legislators were making their opinions known on what they contended was a poor handling of Medicaid funding by the Republican majority. The minority party in both chambers had kicked off the 1997 legislative session clashing early and often with GOP leadership over Medicaid. One Senate…
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? Gagliardi: Into the great minimum wage mess we charge
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By now, most Coloradans who intend to vote are well aware of what Amendment 70 would do: Raise the state’s minimum wage rate. This doesn’t mean they necessarily understand what the minimum wage rate is and what increases do. Old definitions and arguments don’t seem to hold much sway with voters, so let us propose…
