Pueblo Chieftain: Pueblo chamber receives grant to address child care challenges

Families and employers in Pueblo County could see new efforts to address child care challenges, thanks to a $20,000 grant awarded to the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce. The funding comes from the Child Care Access Alliance, a statewide partnership launched by the Colorado Chamber Foundation, Gary Community Ventures and Executives Partnering to Invest in […]

Axios: Biz lobby claims major victories in legislative session

Colorado’s business community approached this year’s legislative session with one ask for lawmakers: Do no harm. Why it matters: The approach worked. State of play: Businesses notched major wins with the rewrite of the state’s artificial intelligence rules and a bipartisan measure to force state government agencies to cut red tape. … By the numbers: […]

Denver Gazette: EDITORIAL: Colorado’s growing list of turnoffs

Colorado is now the nation’s fourth-most-expensive state to live in and third-least-attractive in which to open new businesses. Let those stats soak in. That’s No. 47 for affordability and No. 48 for new businesses per thousand residents. As The Gazette reports, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s Colorado Scorecard charted the state 34th in affordability just […]

Rocky Mountain PBS: New grant program invests $140,000 to address Colorado’s childcare affordability crisis

Colorado’s childcare industry will receive a much-needed $140,000 injection to address the state’s childcare affordability crisis. The recently-announced Child Care Access Alliance will distribute the funding across seven local chambers of commerce. The grants will be used to assess the local challenges and impacts of unaccessible childcare and identify potential solutions. The Child Care Access […]

KYGO: Colorado now third-most expensive state in the nation, report finds

Colorado’s mountain views, craft beer and 300 days of sunshine now come with a price tag to match: The state is the third-most expensive in the country to live in, according to the Colorado Chamber of Commerce’s latest scorecard. The ranking, released late last year and gaining renewed attention this month, shows Colorado’s affordability has […]

The Black Chronicle: Colo. lawmakers close door on law firms owned by non-attorneys

Colorado lawmakers have overwhelmingly rejected the idea that law firms can be owned by non-attorneys, recently passing a bill that prevents lawyers from sharing fees with those entities. … “HB 1421 addresses a growing challenge in our legal system by reinforcing a simple but critical principle that legal decisions should be made by attorneys, not […]

Daily Sentinel: GJ Chamber gets $20k grant to examine child care issues

Grand Junction is one of seven chambers of commerce to win a grant aimed at studying child care’s availability and affordability in Colorado, according to a press release Monday from the newly formed Child Care Access Alliance. The group — comprised of the Colorado Chamber Foundation, Gary Community Ventures and Executives Partnering to Invest in […]