economics
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Colorado unemployment rate falls again in March
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Colorado’s unemployment rate tumbled again in March as the state’s economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The rate slid to 3.7%, down from 4% in February, the Colorado Department of Labor and Environment reported Friday. That’s the lowest level since 2.8% in February 2020, right before the pandemic cratered many industry sectors, forcing mass…
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Jurors hear from victim of alleged corporate conspiracy in ongoing DaVita trial
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After a week of calling corporate executives to testify and airing communications between the enablers of an alleged white-collar conspiracy, the government’s attorneys on Tuesday closed their case by letting the jury hear from one victim of the scheme. Elliot Holder, a self-described mid-level employee of kidney care company DaVita, Inc., recounted his experience interviewing…
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Jurors in DaVita trial quiz FBI agent about investigation tactics
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Jurors expressed a keen interest on Monday in knowing the details of the federal government’s process for investigating, charging and prosecuting kidney care company DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, on white-collar criminal charges. As the second week of the trial began in downtown Denver, Special Agent Matthew Hamel of the Federal Bureau…
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Tate: Colorado’s hidden $33 billion business tax government will not talk about
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Does Colorado have an invisible $33 billion tax on employers that is holding back economic expansion and job creation? According to a recent report, that amount is the estimated annual cost of compliance imposed on Colorado employers by federal regulations. To get an idea of the magnitude of this compliance cost, consider that it is…
