If it feels like it’s getting tough to find a new job, join the growing number of unemployed workers in Colorado. Last month, the number grew to 134,700, which pushed the state’s…
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What’s Working: What some Coloradans think about the proposed supermarket megamerger
Quick links: What Coloradans think | Big Tech in Colorado | Sept. unemployment rate | SecureSavings update | Colorado Springs Airport and its $8 million grant | We’re hiring! Try as they…
What’s Working: Cities like Denver want AI to handle boring, tedious tasks
Quick links: Mayor’s migrant/AI challenge | Colorado’s $14M quantum campus | Colorado unemployment rate up to 4% | Interest rate cut | Take the poll: AI in your life? When it comes…
What’s Working: This guy wants to get rid of endless phone loops, junk fees and other consumer irritants
Quick links: What happens to complaints | July unemployment rate | Take the poll | Denver inflation | Horizon Organic adds B Corp | 100 Comcast RISE winners Before Rohit Chopra stepped…
What’s Working: Repurposing old stuff in Colorado can be profitable
Quick links: Finding profit | Where does Colorado recycling go | Nicotine pouch maker picks Aurora | LogRhythm layoffs| Colorado unemployment rate stays at 3.8% Reduce, reuse and recycle are the three…
Colorado’s unemployment rate inches upward to 3.8%
Unemployment in Colorado has been on the rise, with another 3,400 individuals added last month for a total of 123,600 Coloradans who were unemployed in May, according to the state jobs report…
What’s Working: More than 50% of Colorado’s businesses employ workers outside the state
Quick links: March unemployment rate and jobs report | DEN airport sixth busiest | Denver office conversions | Job fair for 55+ During the pandemic, many office workers had no choice but…
What’s Working: Tourism is a major driver of the Colorado economy. But it’s not all organic
Tourism is one of the most powerful drivers of Colorado’s economy, creating jobs faster than any other industry. A growing number of visitors continue to spend billions in the state each year,…
What’s Working: How Colorado women went from earning 78.1 cents for every $1 paid to a man, to 87 cents — in two years*
Two years after the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act went into effect, Colorado women have seen their wages increase faster than their male counterparts. Could it be the new law?…
Why Colorado had higher unemployment rates but more job growth in 2023 than the Feds reported
The state labor market in 2023 wasn’t as sluggish as federal data previously estimated, according to revisions released Monday by the state Department of Labor and Employment. On one hand, the state…