By | | The Denver PostRegular unemployment claims in Colorado are running at their highest level in four months as tighter restrictions to fight COVID-19 squeeze economic activity around the state.The number of claims that displaced workers filed under the state’s regular unemployment insurance program shot up to 9,171 on the week of Nov. 14, a 22% increase from the 7,483 claims filed the week of Nov. 7, according to an .That’s the highest total in Colorado since 10,506 regular claims were filed the week of July 11. Nationally, regular initial claims rose by 31,000 to 742,000 last week. But...…By | | The Denver PostRegular unemployment claims in Colorado are running at their highest level in four months as tighter restrictions to fight COVID-19 squeeze economic activity around the state.The number of claims that displaced workers filed under the state’s regular unemployment insurance program shot up to 9,171 on the week of Nov. 14, a 22% increase from the 7,483 claims filed the week of Nov. 7, according to an .That’s the highest total in Colorado since 10,506 regular claims were filed the week of July 11. Nationally, regular initial claims rose by 31,000 to 742,000 last week. But...WW…

By | | The Denver PostThe pandemic has taken a heavy toll on small businesses in Colorado, but the state is also seeing a surge in startups willing to step into the gap, which could help ease the economic blow.There were 38,678 new corporations, nonprofits and other entities that filed initial documents with the secretary of state’s office in the third quarter of this year, according to the latest report from University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds Business Research Division.The number of new filings increased 24.3% year-over-year and 23.9% from the previous quarter, defying the normal...…By | | The Denver PostThe pandemic has taken a heavy toll on small businesses in Colorado, but the state is also seeing a surge in startups willing to step into the gap, which could help ease the economic blow.There were 38,678 new corporations, nonprofits and other entities that filed initial documents with the secretary of state’s office in the third quarter of this year, according to the latest report from University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds Business Research Division.The number of new filings increased 24.3% year-over-year and 23.9% from the previous quarter, defying the normal...WW…

By | | The Denver PostWyoming is weighing a massive land and mineral rights purchase that could give it a piece of Colorado — actually, a lot of little pieces — along with a big straw to dip into the state’s oil and gas reserves.And legal experts say there probably isn’t much Colorado can do to block that from happening. Welcome to a different kind of border war, one that isn’t about the annual football rivalry between Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming.Wyoming is seriously considering what one lawmaker there described as the largest governmental land purchase the...…By | | The Denver PostWyoming is weighing a massive land and mineral rights purchase that could give it a piece of Colorado — actually, a lot of little pieces — along with a big straw to dip into the state’s oil and gas reserves.And legal experts say there probably isn’t much Colorado can do to block that from happening. Welcome to a different kind of border war, one that isn’t about the annual football rivalry between Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming.Wyoming is seriously considering what one lawmaker there described as the largest governmental land purchase the...WW…