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House committee approves bill exempting nonprofit child care centers from property tax
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Nonprofit child care centers in Colorado wouldn’t have to pay property taxes under legislation a state House committee advanced on Tuesday in the hopes of reducing costs and improving access. House Bill 1006 aims to modify current law that allows property owned and operated by nonprofit child care centers to be exempt from property taxes. The bill…
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Study: Colorado slips in competitiveness
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A report released Monday by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation showed Colorado slipping behind other states in some key economic metrics. The report from the Metro Denver EDC, an arm of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, showcased annual rankings of Colorado’s business competitiveness nationally as well as how the state compares to nine key…
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Colorado jobs and unemployment: CoPo’s monthly snapshot
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is out with its latest monthly jobs report for the state, covering February. Here are the key takeaways for the state’s workers. Payroll jobs (non-farm): Up 700 from the previous month, to 2,749,600, and up 44,800 from a year earlier. Private sector payroll jobs (non-farm): Up…
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Colorado jobs and unemployment: Our monthly snapshot
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment came out Friday with its latest monthly jobs report, covering August. Here are the key takeaways for the state’s workers: Explainer: These numbers come from two different government job surveys that don’t always agree: A survey of employers (payroll jobs only) that doesn’t include self-employed people and farm…
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Colorado jobs and unemployment: A July snapshot
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment came out Friday with its latest monthly jobs report, covering July. Here are the key takeaways for the state’s workers: Explainer: These numbers come from two different government job surveys that don’t always agree: A survey of employers (payroll jobs only) that doesn’t include self-employed people and farm…
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Colorado jobs: A May snapshot
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment came out Friday with its latest monthly jobs report, covering May. Here are the key takeaways for the state’s workers: Explainer: These numbers come from two different government job surveys that don’t always agree: A survey of employers (payroll jobs only) that doesn’t include self-employed people and farm…
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Colorado jobs: A snapshot
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is out with its latest monthly jobs report, covering April. Here are the key takeaways for the state’s workers: Explainer: These numbers come from two different government job surveys that don’t always agree: A survey of employers (payroll jobs only) that doesn’t include self-employed people and farm workers,…
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Local minimum-wage bill gets maximum resistance from Republicans
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A measure in the Colorado legislature that would have let cities and counties set minimum wages above statewide levels has died in the state Senate’s “kill committee.” The Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover reports that Democrat-backed House Bill 1368, which passed in the House 36-29 in late April, was blocked in the Republican-controlled Senate State,…
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Hickenlooper seeks to coordinate social benefits before leaving office
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday he plans to spend part of his last months in office trying to coordinate his administration’s social benefit programs. Hickenlooper spoke mostly about job training and child welfare during a forum at the Aspen Institute public policy foundation in Washington. He said his first seven years…
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Colorado’s unemployment rate drops to 2.6 percent, lowest in four decades
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Colorado’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.6 percent in March, making it the lowest in the country, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. It was also the lowest rate the state has recorded since 1976, when officials started keeping track. The rate dropped 0.3 percentage points from February’s 2.9 percent unemployment rate, reflecting…
