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Denver a finalist for new patent office under Obama's America Invents Act

Submitted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 18th, 3:33 pm

Denver is in the running for one of three new satellite patent offices to be opened under President Barack Obama's America Invents Act.

The Denver Post reports that Denver is a finalist and in competition with California, Texas, Washington and Utah. The new satellite offices are an effort to broaden the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's geographic reach and speed up the patent-approval process.

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Colorado jobs drop for hospitality, leisure and transportation

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, September 16th, 5:08 pm

Colorado workers lost jobs in leisure, hospitality and transportation in August as the state jobless rate remains high at 8.5 percent.

The state labor department said Friday the government added 500 payroll jobs and the private sector lost 2,300.

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Hickenlooper says lack of homeland security spending records "ridiculous", but not malicious

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6th, 11:58 am

Gov. John Hickenlooper calls the lack of records on how Colorado has spent its homeland security money "ridiculous."

Hickenlooper says the problem wasn't "malevolence", but an "unintended consequence" of shifting responsibility for tracking anti-terrorism grant spending among three agencies since the Sept. 11 attacks.

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2012 stamp set will feature aerial pictures by Colo. photographer

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 31st, 1:01 pm

The U.S. Postal Service will use five pictures of landscapes taken by a Colorado photographer from a single-engine plane as part of a stamp series called Earthscapes.

The Denver Post reports Wednesday that the photos by 80-year-old retired geologist and mining engineer Jim Wark will be among 15 in the stamp series to be released October 2012. The stamps will feature American landscapes taken from aircraft and satellites.

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Police Chief Tony Lane announces his retirement

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4th, 9:49 am

After 24 years at the helm of the Castle Rock Police Department, Chief Tony Lane announced that he will retire from the department on Sept. 30.

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CU economist predicting slow job growth in Colorado through second half of 2011

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 13th, 12:08 pm

University of Colorado economists say their prediction that Colorado will add about 10,100 jobs this year appears on target, even though the state has lost construction jobs and the government sector is struggling.

Economists with CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business made their original forecast in December and updated it Tuesday.

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Legislative economists say Colorado unemployment fund should regain solvency within a year

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22nd, 12:09 pm

Legislative economists say a Colorado fund that pays out unemployment benefits should be solvent again in the coming fiscal year.

Heavy job losses during the recession pushed the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund into insolvency, and the state started borrowing federal money in 2010 to keep paying benefits. As of last week, Colorado had about $281 million in federal loans outstanding. An interest payment of around $12 million is due Sept. 30.

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