Unemployment Tumbles Below 4.5 Percent In Colorado
Unemployment rates fell in 32 U.S. states last month, including Colorado, as employers nationwide added the most jobs of any month this year.
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Unemployment rates fell in 32 U.S. states last month, including Colorado, as employers nationwide added the most jobs of any month this year.
Colorado's unemployment rate has dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.3 percent.
Colorado's unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4 percent in June, with fewer people participating in the workforce.
Consumer confidence is at its highest level since 2007, and a large amount of the credit goes to improved job conditions.
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Colorado's unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since before the recession.
Colorado's unemployment rate is at 4.3 percent. But tens of thousands of residents still have been unable to find a job for more than six months.
Colorado's unemployment rate has dropped by 0.4 percentage point to 4.3 percent in October, the lowest level in more than 6½ years.
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State officials say Colorado lost 700 jobs in August but the unemployment rate dropped as the labor force shrank.
The unemployment rate in Colorado dropped to 5.5 percent in June, a decrease of three-tenths of a percentage point.
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Colorado's unemployment remained at 6.1 percent in February as more people got jobs and even more joined the labor force.
Colorado's unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 percent in January, continuing a downward trend from last year.
Colorado's unemployment rate has declined to 6.8 percent, the lowest rate in nearly five years.
Colorado nonfarm payroll jobs declined by 4,300 from July to August, but the state's unemployment rate fell slightly as more people dropped out of the labor force.
Colorado lost thousands of jobs last month, but the state's unemployment rate is holding steady.
The governor's economists say Colorado's employment levels are back to where they were before the recession and tax receipts continue to exceed expectations.
Colorado's unemployment rate in April continued to fall, dropping to 6.9 percent from March's 7.1 percent.
Colorado Democrats have backed off a bill to allow unemployment benefits workers locked-out by employers as a defensive maneuver during labor disputes.
Unions and businesses are going to battle at the state Capitol over a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to certain workers in labor disputes.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the state's unemployment rate dropped to 7.1 percent in March from February's rate of 7.2 percent.
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Colorado ranks as one of the top five most expensive housing markets in the country, and first responders are among those struggling to afford homeownership in the state.
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
A dog and her puppies, found neglected and abandoned in the southern Denver metro area last summer, now have forever homes. Their new owners say a CBS Colorado article played a role in their adoption and reunion.
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A person fired multiple shots in an Evergreen shopping area late Thursday afternoon and then shot and killed themself when law enforcement arrived, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says.
A dog and her puppies, found neglected and abandoned in Parker last summer, now have forever homes. Their new owners say a CBSColorado.com article played a role in their adoption and reunion.
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