Survey, executive order highlight Colorado worker shortage
While Colorado employers’ biggest concerns revolve around the increasing regulations on their operations, the shortage of available workers ranks a solid second, according to results…
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Incentives boosting Colorado manufacturing, aerospace sectors
Colorado is experiencing a significant boost in the number of aerospace and manufacturing companies considering incentives to expand within the state, representing a majority of…
With Colorado’s business rankings dropping, leaders discuss needed workforce improvements
Days after CNBC dropped Colorado outside the top 10 in its annual Top States for Business rankings, state business, government and education leaders gathered to…
Colorado awards $27M in grants to grow workforce-development programs
State officials awarded $27 million to 46 organizations Thursday in the first phase of grants through the Opportunity Now Colorado program that is designed to…
Polis signs bills committing $70M to workforce development
With employers across Colorado facing continued shortages of talented workers, Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a pair of bills that industry leaders…
Two bills progressing to get workers to sectors that “need them now”
Even as Colorado legislators continue to have significant differences on how to deal with issues ranging from housing to health care, they are coalescing around…
Polis, legislators unveil workforce bill package
Seeking to alleviate the labor shortage that continues to plague multiple industries, Gov. Jared Polis and a bipartisan group of legislators announced Tuesday that they…