Tag: Federal Government
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Estimated 325,000 Coloradans will lose Medicaid with end of COVID-19 public health emergency
With the federal government’s COVID-19 public health emergency set to end in May, an estimated 325,000 Coloradans face losing Medicaid coverage. To put that number into perspective, Colorado enrolled 400,000 people in the first two years of the state’s Medicaid expansion in 2014. “The magnitude of transitioning that number of people hasn’t been seen since…
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TSA to hold DIA hiring fair Tuesday, offering $5,000 sign-on bonus
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The Transportation Security Administration will give new hires a $5,000 bonus for working as a security officer at Denver International Airport, according to a news release. The TSA offers new security officers $2,500 after being hired, then the remaining $2,500 after one year. Those interested in applying are encouraged to attend a recruiting event on…
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Denver employment remains steady and diverse, experts say
Colorado’s unemployment rate, 3.4%, has stayed just lower than the national average, currently 3.5%, for months. Two experts weighed in recently on how Colorado’s economy has passed the recovery phase from the pandemic, and how it seems ready to weather a potential recession storm. The two are Jared Bernstein, a member of President Joe Biden’s…
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Nearly 36,000 omicron vaccines administered throughout Colorado
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports almost 36,000 doses of the COVID-19 omicron variant vaccines were administered through Monday. “The state is using its robust network of COVID-19 vaccine providers to distribute and administer the new omicron COVID-19 vaccines across Colorado, including primary care offices, local public health clinics, pharmacies, and mobile…
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Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, bringing ‘Quantum Fiber’ service to Colorado
The company bringing up to 8 gigabytes-per-second broadband speeds to metro Denver and rural communities statewide, Lumen Technologies, may not sound familiar to many. But its previous company iterations go back decades in Denver. Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) is a global technology company that provides “approximately 500,000 route fiber miles” for business and residential customers…
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Highlands Ranch man sentenced to more than 3 years in federal prison for improper use of COVID-19 relief funds
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A judge on Thursday sentenced a Highlands Ranch man to more than three years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $800,000 in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money to pay for plastic surgery, a weight loss program and jewelry. Daniel Stonebarger, 50, will…
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Study: Colorado received $63 billion in COVID relief, stimulus
Colorado landed more than $60 billion in federal COVID-19 pandemic assistance and other funding during the past two years, according to a recent study by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The $63.6 billion in government cash, or more than $11,000 for each person in Colorado, came in stimulus checks sent to most Americans; a variety…
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Granada school teacher, students help enshrine Camp Amache’s legacy
When John Hopper, dean of students for the Granada School District, began teaching his history students about Camp Amache in the early 1990s, the site was a sage-brush strewn prairie dotted with concrete foundations. Now, after Hopper and his students spent decades preserving the former Japanese American internment camp from World War II, advocating for it,…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March…
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Colorado lawmakers discuss economic recovery during legislative preview event
Colorado legislators on Monday spoke about improving the availability of affordable housing, bolstering the state’s education levels and helping businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic during the ninth annual Business Legislative Preview by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Senate Majority Leader Stephen Fenberg and Speaker of the House Alec Garnett represented Democrats, while Senate Minority…