In honor of Black History Month, the Colorado Chamber is recognizing Black business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, and job creators who have grown their businesses from the ground up and are core to our local Colorado communities. Today’s feature is Kristin Taylor with KT Winery In an industry where less than 1% of U.S. winemakers are […]
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, […]
9 News: Business Brief: Education to Employment Alliance
Black History Month Feature: RTL Networks
In honor of Black History Month, the Colorado Chamber is recognizing Black business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, and job creators who have grown their businesses from the ground up and are core to our local Colorado communities. Today’s feature is Richard Lewis Jr. with RTL Networks Richard Lewis founded RTL Networks, Inc., an award-winning, technology […]
Denver 7: Icelantic Shaman 2.0 Skis One of the Coolest Thing Made in Colorado
The Colorado Sun: Colorado short-term rental owners opposed to effort to quadruple their taxes plan to descend upon Capitol in protest
The fight over a bill that would quadruple property taxes for Colorado vacation homes rented for more than 90 days a year is about to get noisy. Next week, hundreds of property owners and small business owners — many from mountain towns — are planning to visit the state Capitol to voice opposition to Senate […]
KOA: Colorado has fallen behind in economic growth
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Denver Post: Money begins to pour into Colorado Democratic primaries, with legislators cutting checks
Hundreds of thousands of dollars already are being dumped into Democratic primary elections for several safe statehouse seats, including an unprecedented trend of sitting Democratic legislators giving money to their colleague’s opponent. Across 10 contested Democratic primaries along the Front Range, for instance, more than $1.1 million already has been raised ahead of the June contest, according […]