Colorado Springs ranked second in the state in 2023 Q4 for the highest number of job vacancies per capita, according to the fourth quarter workforce and jobs data report from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and Aspen Technology Labs. The Colorado Springs metro area posted 12,145 job openings on Dec. 18, a number exceeded only […]
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Southern Colorado Business Forum & Digest: Alliance Opens Pipeline to Better Jobs, Skilled Workforce
A coalition of business leaders is committed to fixing Colorado’s talent gap, striving to make a strong, homegrown talent pipeline a reality with a development system that is both learner-centered and economically responsive. Launched in October 2023, the Education to Employment Alliance’s (EEA) network already reaches across the state’s 64 counties and represents more than […]
Gazette: EDITORIAL: Bills would bust Colorado’s oil & gas industry
Ruling Democrats at the Legislature may be soft on criminals, but they have no problem handing out harsh punishment for Colorado’s oil and gas producers. It doesn’t seem to matter that most Coloradans depend on the industry for heating their homes and refueling their cars and trucks. Or, that oil and gas has managed — […]
The Colorado Sun: Mileage goals, pollution fines, drilling pauses: Colorado Democrats unveil ambitious package to cut ozone
Democrats and environmental justice advocates Thursday unveiled an ambitious package of ozone-fighting bills that would “pause” oil and gas drilling in summer months, set caps on miles driven in gasoline-powered cars and increase pollution fines for “repeat offenders” like the Suncor refinery. A bill with some similar ozone-fighting provisions was gutted in the 2023 legislative […]
Fox 31: Drilling pauses, pollution fines proposed in suite of Colorado air quality bills
Colorado lawmakers rolled out new bills on Thursday with the goal of reducing pollution in the state, but business chambers and oil and gas companies are already pushing back, fearing businesses would be harmed if the measures become law. Lawmakers and community members say something needs to be done now to improve Colorado’s air for […]
Colorado Sun: What’s Working: Colorado ranked as one of the top states for protecting consumer data, but it still gets a C+
Colorado has the second strongest law in the land that protects consumer privacy and data, according to a new report card from a consumer public interest group. But the state also scored a mere C+ for its efforts. … Business groups like the Colorado Chamber of Commerce opposed efforts to roll out a universal opt-out […]
Colorado Politics: Colorado House committee revives single-payer healthcare system discussions
Some of Colorado’s lawmakers want to explore anew the possibility of implementing a single-payer health care system in Colorado roughly eight years after voters soundly rejected the idea. The bill, House Bill 1075, received approval on Wednesday from the House Health and Human Services Committee. … Meghan Dollar of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce echoed the […]
Colorado Sun: What’s Working | How the pandemic helped provide permanent funding for rural Colorado’s economic development
COVID may have harmed us in a thousand different ways, but one place it’s had a beneficial impact is rural Colorado, which is getting permanent economic attention. … Throughout 2023, the number of job vacancies in Colorado dropped 7.3% between January and December, according to a new report from Aspen Technology Labs, an Aspen firm […]
The Falcon Herald: Chamber sponsors Civics Bee — extended deadline
The Eastern Plains Chamber of Commerce is calling all middle school students — sixth, seventh and eighth graders — to participate in the National Civics Bee. See Community Calendar for more information. The first round of the contest is an essay competition. Judges will then select 20 finalists who will go to the final round, […]