Colorado Republicans want to eliminate local restrictions they say stifle the sale of beetle-killed timber. But groups representing local governments say there are no such restrictions.
That’s calling into question the validity of one of the centerpieces of the GOP’s jobs package this year. Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty used his speech to start [...] [...]
If there’s one thing Colorado’s sharply divided Legislature agrees on, it’s the importance of jobs.
But Democrats and Republicans are now past the speech-making phase of the session, and their differences on how best to go about improving the economy will come to the fore.
An early look at how far apart the parties are on job [...] [...]
House Republicans say a fresh push for a 1,700-mile Canada-to-Texas pipeline could be part of a new round of negotiations over extending the payroll tax cut and benefits for the long-term unemployed.
House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton tells reporters the House leadership is looking at every option after President Barack Obama decided this [...] [...]
Information Technology jobs continue to be among the hottest career fields in the state and in the Springs.
People who love creating software, managing information systems and keeping hackers away from invading computer systems, have one of the lowest unemployment rates of any profession, said a local high tech jobs expert.
“It’s definitely a growing field,” said [...] [...]
ModusLink Global Solutions is considering moving Tech for Less jobs to Bloomington, Ind.
ModusLink bought Tech for Less in 2009 and said this week it may consider moving jobs.
A former employee said this week that the company plans to move some operations to Bloomington, shut down one of the facilities, and possibly move customer service jobs [...] [...]
Americans’ confidence in the economy in November bounced back to its highest level since July, the latest sign that consumers are beginning to feel more cheerful about spending during the holiday shopping season.
The Conference Board, a private research firm, says Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index rose 15 points to 56.0. That’s up from a [...] [...]
Kidney-care provider DaVita Inc. says it expects to create 200 jobs by establishing a call center and a clinical-research center in the metro area.
DaVita Clinical Research says the new facilities will add medical, technical and scientific jobs to the area.
The call center will focus on finding kidney-dialysis services for patients.
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Jobs, they are the talk of the town.
They are the subject of forums, meetings, reports, committees and task forces. People are talking about the loss of them, the effect of the loss of them, the reason why they were lost and how to get them back.
Despite all the talk, they remain elusive in Colorado Springs, [...] [...]
In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House has voted overwhelmingly to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they pay their taxes.
Federal investigators have found tens of thousands of contractors who owe billions of dollars to the [...] [...]
More than 1 million American jobs could be lost as a result of defense budget cuts if the deficit reduction committee fails to reach agreement on alternative balanced budget solutions, and total cuts to defense reach $1 trillion.
The study, done by Stephen Fuller, director of regional analysis at George Mason University and Economic Modeling Specialists [...] [...]
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