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More women and people of color fall below that wage so here’s how to help them move up. Plus: Colorado Republicans ask for end to federal unemployment benefits; a company's expansion adds 100 jobs and lots of other actual jobs

Chris Castilian is leaving Great Outdoors Colorado after four years in which he helped create a new state park, forge a new strategic vision and distribute $270 million in lottery-funded grants

Agricultural workers living in employer-owned housing can have trouble getting health care. It’s a symptom of bigger gaps in worker protections that the pandemic spotlighted, say proponents of a newly passed Colorado bill for farmworker rights.

Nine months into the pandemic, Colorado’s housing assistance office spent $1 million to hire an out-of-state contractor to process applications for rent and mortgage help. The cost has grown as HORNE added 100 workers, of which slightly more than half live outside of Colorado.

Significant changes were made to property tax rates, tax loopholes and tax credits that will affect the wallets of people across the state

Machol & Johannes unlawfully assessed fees and failed to provide consumers with information about legally required garnishment exemptions, according to the lawsuit

High country homebuilders, housing advocates, businesses and leaders are preparing for an unprecedented flow of state and federal housing support as the affordability crisis worsens.

78% of ski area operators said this season exceeded their expectations, according to a National Ski Areas Association survey

Plastic bags would only be available in limited situations under House Bill 1162, a measure from Colorado Democrats aiming to drive down waste

A top official at the Division of Property Taxation met regularly with a tax agent involved in litigation with Eagle, San Miguel and La Plata counties. The state’s property tax boss says it’s “a strong working relationship with all constituents.”

House Bill 1232 passed the General Assembly without the support of a single Republican in the House or Senate

House Bill 1266 was amended to include much of what was in Senate Bill 200, which will be killed. Environmental groups cheered the changes, while business, electric-utility and oil and gas groups cried foul.

The Denver company plans to add 350 workers by year’s end as it helps clients like Walmart, Chipotle and Disney change jobs to careers. Plus: Colorado’s job economy, unemployment backpay, who’s hiring and more.

The airline said Thursday that it plans to buy 15 jets from Boom Supersonic with an option for 35 more once the start-up company designs a plane that flies faster than the speed of sound while meeting safety and environmental standards

The shut downs affected about 2,900 workers in Greeley, where the company's largest U.S. beef processing facility is located. A similar attack last year shut down Molson Coors.

Spurlock said the estimated value of the stolen goods is around $5.2 million. He said about $1.7 million in stolen goods was recovered.

"COVID accelerated everything,” one ski resort operator says. “We took a multiyear process and did it in like five months.”

JBS didn't say which of its 84 U.S. facilities were closed Monday and Tuesday because of the attack. But a union official confirmed that two shifts at the company's largest U.S. beef plant, in Greeley, were canceled Tuesday.

A new public health order that takes effect on Tuesday and runs through July 1 also drops regulations for indoor events up to 1,999 people