Colorado lands coveted Tech Hub designation to boost quantum sector
Colorado leaders’ big bet to make the state a focal point for the rapidly growing quantum-computing sector has garnered its first major payout —designation as…
Workforce & Education
With a final pen stroke, Polis enacts historic workforce-development package
With in-migration of workers to Colorado slowing substantially and more students choosing to end their educational journey with a high-school diploma, state employers are struggling…
Bills battle an overlooked cause of talent shortages — lack of childcare
If getting workers trained with needed skills is the direct solution to addressing Colorado’s labor shortage, providing workers with tools to be able to maintain…
Businesses expected the worst in 2024. They got “the most successful session in years.”
At the start of the 2024 legislative session, Colorado business leaders cringed at the thought of frustrated progressives not just bringing back bills that were…
Polis unveils wide-ranging workforce-development package
Following through on a commitment he’s touted for months to put significant new resources into improving Colorado’s workforce-development system, Gov. Jared Polis and a bipartisan…
Legislators weigh more childcare grants as a form of workforce development
If the connection between childcare and workforce availability was not already evident, it became abundantly clear early in the pandemic when women left the workforce…
Colorado seeking employers to bring teachers into their workplaces
For nearly a decade now, Colorado government leaders have been asking employers to consider bringing students into their companies for apprenticeships and internships. Now they…
Polis boosts workforce-development plans before start of 2024 session
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday added more definition to his workforce-development push for the coming legislative session, proposing new tax credits for the quantum industry…
Polis budget proposal includes investments in workforce development
Gov. Jared Polis proposed roughly $60 million in new workforce incentives Wednesday as part of his budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year, aimed particularly…
New report recommends ways to boost Colorado workforce development
A newly formed coalition of business organizations issued a report Wednesday calling for employers and educational leaders to work in closer collaboration to reduce the…