Bill Extends Unemployment Benefits To Locked Out Workers
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.
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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.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the state's unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent in February from January's 7.3 percent.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the state's unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent in January from December's 7.6 percent.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says nonfarm jobs increased 8,000 from October to November.
A few years ago Denver's Green Valley Ranch neighborhood was listed as having one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Things have changed dramatically since then.
Among the hundreds of thousands of Coloradans who applied for unemployment last year were a handful of people who made more than $100,000 at the time they were laid off.
There are still millions of job seekers who send in their resumes and get no results. For job seekers it seems resumes end up in a black hole
A subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. will open a research and development center in suburban Denver in a move expected to create hundreds of new jobs during the next five years, it was announced Friday.
4 On Your Side Money Saver Suzanne McCarroll took a look at franchise opportunities and other ideas being explored this weekend.
Rep. Cory Gardner is headed to a Denver heating and air conditioning business to campaign for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Unemployed Coloradans say they're frustrated by the lack of jobs and by the difficulty getting their benefits.
Colorado's unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.9 percent in April, the first increase in the figure in three months.
Colorado's unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent in March.
Colorado's unemployment rate continues to slowly decline.
Job postings that state unemployed applicants need not apply will remain legal as a Republican state House committee rejected a discrimination measure.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Tom Donohue told a Denver crowd Thursday the federal government must think about how it can help the private sector create jobs in every policy decision it makes.
The downturn in real estate at a time of high unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcies led to five Colorado bank failures this year that could cost the nation's deposit insurance fund about $1 billion, or about one-fifth of the fund's overall losses in 2011.
CBS4 Money Saver Suzanne McCarroll found four industries that had job openings when she made calls.
Colorado workers lost jobs in leisure, hospitality and transportation in August as the state jobless rate remains high at 8.5 percent.
The unemployment rate has been above 9 percent in all but two months since May of 2009. That has job seekers looking for any signs of solutions.
The unemployment rate for the Denver metro area fell slightly last month.
Colorado's unemployment rate is holding steady at 8.5 percent.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, already overwhelmed with unemployment claims, is preparing to lay off anywhere from 30 to 100 employees.
The Colorado unemployment rate is falling. The state labor department said Friday the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent in April from 9.2 percent in March as the state added about 2,200 nonfarm payroll jobs.
