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On Wednesday, the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments to decide whether local communities, specifically Fort Collins and Longmont, can ban oil and natural gas drilling activities, including fracking, from their borders.
Vital for Colorado, a broad-based coalition of Colorado businesses, associations and individuals, underscored the significance of this landmark case.
"We feel confident that the Colorado Supreme Court will find that state regulations must be applied uniformly across the state, creating a consistent business climate and protecting private property rights," said Vital for Colorado Board Chair and local attorney Peter Moore
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A new company, Invest Local LLC, is the first to offer crowdfunding platform services in Colorado.
Signed into law earlier this year by Governor John Hickenlooper, crowdfunding efforts through which investors can acquire debt or equity interests in a prospective company are now lawful in the State of Colorado. Although businesses may issue debt or equity under the new Act, this method of capital formation is still commonly referred to as "equity crowdfunding... Read More
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KEY ISSUE - EDUCATION & WORKFORCE
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GED Testing Service has partnered with some of the nation's largest employers and most recognizable brands- including Walmart, KFC, Taco Bell and Southeastern Grocers- to create GEDWorksTM, a comprehensive program free for employees who want to earn their GED credential.
The GEDWorks program includes everything an employee needs to successfully prepare for and pass the GED test. Students are provided access to a GED advisor, online GED study material, connections to local adult education programs, practice tests, and more. GED advisors are a key element of GEDWorks and help guide, engage, and motivate students. GEDWorks also helps keep graduates moving forward after completing the tests by connecting them with college and career pathways tools.
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Read more and click here to watch a video of the GEDWorks story.
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COBRT President Jeff Wasden attended the Western Governor's Association (WGA) Winter Meeting, held Dec 3-4 in Las Vegas. This organization's mission of "bipartisan policy development, information exchange and collective action on issues of critical importance to the Western United States" is in strong alignment to COBRT's desire to serve not only our state but the entire region.
"Western Governors' Association truly understands the power of collaboration and working together to solve similar issues impacting the western states. Jim Ogsbury, CEO of WGA, and his entire team put together a high level, content-laden program that discussed critical issues such as transportation, education, healthcare and our regulatory framework. Colorado and the business community benefit when we come together and share resources, challenges and solutions to these complex issues. We look forward to a long partnership with WGA, explained Wasden after the meeting.
Three policy resolutions of importance to Western states were approved with regard to forest and rangeland management, foreign visitor preclearance and radioactive materials transport.
Click here for further information about these resolutions.
For highlights of the conference including speaker and policy topics,
click here.
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| KEY ISSUE - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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Colorado employment will continue to expand in 2016, adding a variety of jobs in almost every business sector, but at a slower pace than in the previous two years, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Wobbekind's announcement was part of the 51st annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum presented December 7, 2015 by the Leeds School's Business Research Division. The comprehensive outlook report for 2016 features forecasts and trends for 13 business sectors prepared by more than 100 key business, government and industry professionals... Read More
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What makes Colorado such an attractive state for global business? If we look at India alone, the second fastest growing market in Asia after China and the fastest growing startup nation in the world, there are already 200 companies in Colorado that are doing business with India. We explore how there is room for even more Colorado-India business in our "Business Around the Globe" edition of ICOSA Magazine... Read More
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Business leaders applaud house passage of energy policy legislation. Business Roundtable detailed the benefits of the technology-driven transformation of North America's energy landscape in its recent report, Powering Forward: North American Energy Resurgence, including the fact that America's energy boom increased U.S. average real income by $1,200 per household in 2012.
BRT Letter to congressional leaders urges tax extenders by working together on a seamless, permanent tax extenders agreement that would boost families, charitable organizations, and businesses across America.
CEOs of top U.S. companies confirmed as Vice Chairs of BRT. Companies represented include Lockheed Martin, Xerox Corporation, Honeywell and The Dow Chemical Company.
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Denver Millennials are experiencing a unique dilemma. Now may be a great time to purchase a home when compared to the high cost of renting. However, the city's desirability is also causing an influx of Millennials to relocate here, creating more competition for high-paying jobs... Read More
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OUR RADIO SHOW & PODCASTS
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Tune in to radio KNUS 710 AM
Saturday, Dec. 12
1:00 p.m.
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As we continue our Connect & Collaborate series on STEM, our emphasis is getting kids interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. That's why we are really excited about sharing the news about STEM Scouts with you in this week's show!
STEM Scouts is a program developed by the Boy Scouts of America to reach girls and boys in their neighborhood schools with exciting lab experiments and great career role models. Denver is developing a STEM Scout pilot program and
Courtney McNabb is here to tell us all about the program and how to sponsor low income schools with this supplemental learning.
We'll also bring you a conversation with
BRAVE LEADER, Senator Mark Scheffel, straight from his office at the Colorado State Capitol.
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