Feb. 16 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: A quartet of childcare bills
If one figure tells the story of why childcare is so intertwined with business, it is this: The lack of available care slots keeps so…
Economic Development
After much discussion at regional talent summits, state offers employer-driven plans to boost workforce skills
Colorado state officials on Tuesday released a wide-ranging yet focused set of recommendations garnered from seven regional talent summits that lay out strategies for boosting…
Sept. 8 Business Buzz: Space Command Leaving
On one of the Sept. 8 episodes of the 9News Business Buzz, Ed Sealover, editor of The Sum & Substance and vice president of strategic…
Colorado taking steps to try to limit increases in homeowners insurance
Colorado’s housing affordability crisis, which has made recruitment and retention more difficult for employers statewide, is not just an issue of home costs but of…
Colorado awards final Opportunity Now workforce-training grants
Colorado distributed its third and final round of Opportunity Now grants this week, capping a program that’s awarded $89.5 million since 2023 to public-private partnerships…
Southwest Colorado, San Luis Valley map new career pathways at summit
In the 11 counties of Southwest Colorado and the San Luis Valley, businesses tend to be smaller and educational institutions more widely dispersed, making communication…
Western Slope summit attendees call for regulatory reform, pay help to boost career pathways
Asked to envision new career pathways for their most in-demand industries, attendees at a Grand Junction summit this week went beyond just educational partnerships, saying…
2025 legislative review: Business wins, a few losses and more battles to come
The 2025 legislative session was one where business leaders engaged early — rallying against the first bill to get a Senate committee hearing — and…
New incentive proposal aims to get Colorado into data-center recruitment game
Feeling that Colorado has fallen way behind other states in the effort to attract capital-intensive data centers, a bipartisan pair of senators is pushing the…
Pueblo-area talent summit stokes plans to re-interest students in the trades
The question was a complex one: How do you convince more kids in southeast Colorado that careers in construction, manufacturing and other fields that don’t…