Go West! At least, if you want to be happy. According to the latest reports from Gallup-Healthways, the city with the highest happiness index is Boulder, Colo. Hawaii earned the happiest state award, based on 350,000 surveys completed during 2009. The report is a compilation of 42 core questions designed by economists, psychologists and health [...]
Continue reading …Aurora is 16 percent smaller than Colorado Springs, but its budget is 35 percent higher. That’s the discovery from a Colorado Open Record Act request with the City of Aurora, filed by Citizens for Responsible Aurora Government. Some of the data received is already raising eyebrows among the Denver suburb’s residents and points to the [...]
Continue reading …The U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer $24 million in grants for research and development organizations focused on animal health, reproduction, breeding, genetics and nutrition. The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative includes four major programs: animal reproduction; animal genome, genetics and breeding; animal growth and nutrient utilization and integrated solutions for animal agriculture. The department [...]
Continue reading …Merrill Lynch agreed to stop using unlicensed brokers to sell securities in Colorado and to establish a trade monitoring system that makes sure its salespeople are licensed in the state. The agreement is part of a settlement between the brokerage firm and the Colorado Division of Securities, after the division claimed the firm allowed their [...]
Continue reading …Proposal includes raising retirement age This week the Colorado Legislature began hearings on Senate Bill 01, a bipartisan measure aimed at restoring long-term solvency to the Public Employees Retirement Association, the public pension plan that covers more than 425,000 active and retired public-sector workers in Colorado. The measure was crafted in response to the severe [...]
Continue reading …Four bills that business leaders say will drastically harm businesses and affect job creation are headed to the Senate after passing the state House of Representatives this morning. House Bill 1190 will suspend the exemption on energy used in processing and manufacturing, effective March 1. “Not only is the financial impact huge, but the lack [...]
Continue reading …DENVER (AP) – The first attempt to try to regulate Colorado’s medical marijuana industry is up for its first vote at the state Capitol. The Senate Health & Human Services Committee is holding a hearing on a bill aimed at preventing doctors from issuing medical marijuana recommendations to recreational users. Under the proposal, doctors would [...]
Continue reading …The state won a lawsuit last week that upholds its solid waste regulations regarding commercial exploration and production, or brine waste. Waste from exploration or production is made of salt water mixed with small amounts of hydraulic fracturing chemicals, crude oil and other hydrocarbons. The state requires companies to meet solid waste disposal regulations, as [...]
Continue reading …In case you haven’t heard, Colorado was recently awarded a Procurement Technical Assistance Center in September. The Center’s office is located right in Colorado Springs at 6 S. Tejon St. Getting a Center in Colorado was a difficult two-year process led by several key members of the local business community. I have the honor of [...]
Continue reading …Six Colorado companies will receive a share of $2.3 billion in clean energy manufacturing tax credits from the Department of Energy, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The money will be used to build more energy-efficient buildings, and create more wind, solar and fuel cell power. The Colorado projects are part of [...]
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