A long-debated proposal about college tuition for illegal immigrants is being debated in the Colorado Senate.
But the real test awaits across the hall in the Republican-led House.
This year’s immigrant tuition bill would allow residents who are illegal immigrants to attend state universities at tuition rates that are higher than those for in-state students but lower [...] [...]
Clothing and school supplies would be tax-free during an annual Colorado “sales tax holiday” under consideration in the Colorado House.
The bill would make Colorado the 17th state to waive sales taxes on back-to-school items for a short period each year. Colorado’s proposal would set the holiday for the first weekend in August.
The holiday would result [...] [...]
More than a dozen investors who put up between $4 million and $5 million have settled a lawsuit with a bankrupt company in southern Kentucky over accusations that the oil drilling business they invested in scammed them with big promises and no results.
Whether the investors ever see any money is not clear.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Joan [...] [...]
Colorado Republicans aren’t faring well on some of their major health care proposals this year.
A Republican bill to repeal Colorado’s health insurance exchange is up for a vote Thursday in a Democrat-controlled Senate committee, where it appears headed to certain defeat. The committee is led by the Democratic senator who proposed the exchange last year.
The [...] [...]
When police knocked on Josh Brewer’s door to check for marijuana, even one of the nation’s most liberal medical marijuana laws was put to the test.
Officers were fine with the two pounds 10 ounces he and a cousin had grown, harvested, and processed. That was under the pound and a half each allowed by law. [...] [...]
A Colorado-based burger chain, Larkburger, will open its seventh location in the Broadmoor Towne Center.
And it’s not your parents’ fast-food joint.
Larkburger, based in Edwards, has locations in Boulder, Denver, Edwards and Fort Collins. The Springs location will be its southernmost in the state.
The burger was first featured on the menu at the Larkspur Restaurant and [...] [...]
Colorado’s leading economic indicators slipped in January, although it remained strong.
According to the Goss Institute for Economic Research, construction industry is weighing on the economy, even as the state’s large energy sector is pushing it forward.
“Durable and nondurable goods producers, especially those with ties to energy and international markets, are benefiting from the weak dollar [...] [...]
Remember those great ideas you had for an invention that could make money and put you on easy street?
It might be time to pull them out of the closet and dust them off.
Patent lawyers, politicians and scientists are pushing for a U.S. patent bureau in Colorado. Also in the running are New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, [...] [...]
Colorado car and truck dealers are encouraged after new car and light truck registrations in Colorado finished 2011 with strong sales.
A report by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association said Monday people went on a holiday spree in December, with registrations up 25 percent over the previous year.
Dealers say 2011 registrations were up more than 15 [...] [...]
Colorado’s hospitals are expecting a legislative session with few health care bills — but that doesn’t mean they don’t have some concerns. [...]