The Colorado Senate is debating a proposal to give bidding preferences to companies that employ local workers for state projects. It’s a centerpiece of the Democrats’ job-creation plan this session, but it lacks Republican support and has gotten strong opposition from business groups. The bill being debated Tuesday would give a bidding preference to companies [...] [...]
Denver is forming an exploratory group to host the Olympic Winter Games. A group of community and civic leaders representing broad interests from across Colorado will be meeting in the coming weeks about submitting a bid to the U.S. Olympic Committee. The Denver Exploratory Committee will identify the opportunities and challenges of a bid based [...] [...]
The Colorado Springs City Council released thousands of pages of documents from the remaining four groups bidding to run Memorial Health System for the next 40 years. The four bids from Memorial, Centura, Exempla and University of Colorado that were released today propose a nonprofit system, but their approaches vary. Memorial and Centura want the [...] [...]
The public will have two opportunities to hear the six proposals to lease Memorial Health System. On Dec. 2, when the task force has finished scoring the proposals, it will meet for six hours with bidders to hear proposal details On Dec. 7, a town hall meeting will offer each bidding organization an hour to complete [...] [...]