President Barack Obama is arguing that manufacturing must be the foundation for a renewed American economy, as he takes his State of the Union economic message on a tour of politically crucial states.
Obama toured a plant that makes giant conveyor belt screws Wednesday before addressing a crowd about the importance of bringing manufacturing back to [...] [...]
President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is on track in many states, the White House asserted Wednesday. But officials said the administration is preparing a federal backstop anyway for states in which opposition to the new law has blocked planning.
The law calls for states to build new health insurance markets called exchanges, so that millions [...] [...]
President Barack Obama is outlining a plan Wednesday to allow millions of student loan recipients to lower their payments and consolidate their loans, in hopes of easing the burden of the No. 2 source of household debt.
The move to assist struggling graduates and students could help Obama shore up re-election support among young voters, an [...] [...]
A new federal program allowing more homeowners who are in trouble with their mortgages to qualify for refinancing is expected to have little impact in Colorado.
President Barack Obama on Monday announced the broadening of the Home Affordable Refinance Program to help people avoid foreclosure.
According to the Denver Post (http://bit.ly/ud4KCc ), nearly 21 percent of mortgages [...] [...]
Seeking to circumvent congressional opposition, President Barack Obama will promote a series of executive branch steps aimed at jumpstarting the economy this week, beginning with new rules to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages.
The White House said changes to the two-year-old Home Affordable Refinance Program will help homeowners with little or no [...] [...]
The Obama administration wants to speed up permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines in 12 states, as it moves to create jobs and modernize the nation’s power grid.
The projects are intended to serve as pilot demonstrations of streamlined federal permitting and improved cooperation among federal, state and tribal governments. The lines will [...] [...]
President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a major overhaul of the nation’s patent system, a measure designed to ease the way for inventors to bring their products to market. “We can’t afford to drag our feet any longer,” the president said.
Passed in a rare display of congressional bipartisanship, the America Invents Act is the [...] [...]
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is calling for lowering the corporate tax rate and eliminating capital gains taxes as part of a plan to try to lift the struggling economy and create jobs.
The former Massachusetts governor was detailing 59 specific proposals aimed at fixing the nation’s stubbornly high unemployment rate, now at 9.1, at McCandless [...] [...]
President Barack Obama tapped labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post Monday, rounding out his White House economic team ahead of a highly-anticipated announcement next week on a new jobs initiative.
Obama announced Krueger’s nomination to chair the White House Council of Economic Advisers in a Rose Garden ceremony Monday morning. The president said [...] [...]
Colorado’s position as a key battleground state in the 2012 presidential race comes with a wrinkle neither party seems to like: A freewheeling ballot initiative tradition that could put both legalizing marijuana and gay marriage before voters on Election Day next year.
Marijuana activists have begun gathering signatures to ask voters to allow pot for recreational [...] [...]
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