Experience Colorado Springs at Pikes Peak is hosting a free seminar for businesses and individuals interested in being vendors or volunteers at the Democratic State Convention and the Democratic National Convention. The seminar is scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pikes Peak Center, Studio Bee, 190 S. Cascade Ave. For more information [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Supreme Court this morning reversed a lower court order that prevented Amendment 41, the ethics law and gift ban enacted by voters in 2006, from going into effect. Denver District Judge Christina Habas granted the preliminary injunction to suspend Amendment 41 in May. The injunction was sought by a group of elected officials, [...]
Continue reading …Colorado residents can now pay their state taxes online. The Colorado Department of Revenue reported this week that Coloradans now can pay individual income tax and estimated individual income tax, as well as past due amounts by using an electronic check, MasterCard or Visa on the department’s Web site. The service also allows estimated payments [...]
Continue reading …The State Historic Fund has awarded 60 historic preservation grants totaling $7,124,311, and portions of that money will fund four El Paso County projects. The Drennan Community School Building preservation project was awarded $199,736. Located in rural El Paso County, the building will be renovated for municipal use and will be fueled by green technology. [...]
Continue reading …Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled his proposal to address the state’s health care reform needs yesterday. The proposed package is called “Building Blocks for Health Care Reform,” and details plans to contain costs, improve access and expand availability of health care in the state. The plan does not address ways to provide health coverage to all [...]
Continue reading …Health care organizations have positive things to say about the 208 Commission’s report to the General Assembly. The commission was charged with recommended changes to the state’s health care system and has worked for a year to come up with 30 reform recommendations. “Colorado’s health foundations – Caring for Colorado Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Department of Corrections’ southern Colorado office expects to begin an official search for a new location by the end of the year. The regional headquarters is at 2862 Janitell Road in Colorado Springs, where the agency leases the entire 65,000-square-foot building. That lease expires during 2010. A request for proposals will be distributed [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado for Mitt Romney presidential campaign just added nine new leaders from Colorado, including Colorado Springs’ own Kyle Hybl and Wayne Williams. Hybl is a University of Colorado Regent and El Pomar Foundation vice president and general counsel, and Williams is an El Paso County Commissioner. They will join Republican leaders like U.S. Senator [...]
Continue reading …Boulder venture capitalist Brad Feld has donated $25,000 to the University of Colorado for naming rights and a plaque on the second-floor men’s bathroom in the campus’ newly constructed technology hub. It’s an offer that was flushed away by Feld’s alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but C.U. officials took Feld up on the [...]
Continue reading …Cripple Creek’s newest casino, the Wildwood, is scheduled to open during April, but American Gaming Group doesn’t yet have a gaming license and concerns are being raised about the town’s recently elected mayor being in charge of the $75 million construction project. Mayor Dan Baader denies that there is any conflict between his responsibilities to [...]
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