Posted: 3:13 PM Next year’s budget for Colorado has passed the state Senate with funding increases for public schools, higher education, and money for construction projects at colleges and state buildings.
Posted: 7:12 AM The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster but still anemic rate at the end of last year. However, there is hope that growth accelerated in early 2013 despite higher taxes and cuts in government spending.
Posted: 6:52 AM The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by 16,000 last week, the second straight weekly increase.
Updated: 6:34 AM The $11 billion merger of American Airlines and US Airways won bankruptcy court approval Wednesday.
Posted: 2:51 PM The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed within a point of its all-time high after another strong report on housing encouraged investors to buy stocks.
Posted: 10:45 AM Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week and remained near historic lows, a trend that has supported a recovery in housing.
Posted: 10:43 AM House Republicans have passed a budget plan that would bring the federal government's finances into balance in 10 years by sharply cutting safety-net programs for the poor and by clamping down on domestic agencies.
Updated: 6:28 AM The Air Force Academy has canceled plans for its annual July 4 fireworks celebration at Falcon Stadium, as the budget battle in Washington continues.
Posted: 9:47 AM Stocks are higher on Wall Street as the European island nation of Cyprus seeks alternatives to a bailout plan its legislature overwhelmingly rejected the day before.
Updated: 12:26 PM 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.
Posted: 9:53 AM The battle over the budget continues this week in Washington.
Posted: 9:41 AM Confidence among U.S. homebuilders fell this month because of concerns that limited land, building materials and labor will slow sales in the short term.
Posted: 11:04 AM Americans spent at the fastest pace in five months in February, boosting retail spending 1.1 percent compared with January.
Posted: 4:19 PM The newfound confidence that investors showed at the start of the year held up through February.
Posted: 4:18 PM Ever wonder if women in southern Colorado get paid the same as their male counterparts?
Posted: 3:45 PM The Dow Jones Industrial Average continues its record streak. The index closed at another all-time high after hitting records nearly every day last week.
Updated: 7:49 AM Unemployment was down in February, according to new numbers released by the Labor Department Friday.
Posted: 8:55 AM The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 last week, driving down the four-week average to its lowest level in five years.
Updated: 7:57 AM The hunt for summer jobs kicks off Thursday with a job fair specifically aimed at teens and college students.
Posted: 8:05 AM The Dow Jones Industrial is on track to close above its record of 14,164 reached on Oct. 9, 2007.
Updated: 7:04 AM The blame game is underway as Republicans and Democrats point fingers at each other for the devastating budget cuts that went into effect Friday.
Posted: 7:40 AM U.S. home prices rose at a healthy pace in December compared with a year ago.
Posted: 11:28 AM The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is revising the way it calculates payroll job figures.
Posted: 9:36 AM Wind manufacturer Vestas announced another round of layoffs on Thursday, saying that Congress' last-minute extension of a tax credit for wind energy generation came too late to save jobs.
